We are pleased to announcethat the 2ndHenan Symposium on Development andInstitutional Economics willbe held on June20-21, 2015, in Kaifeng,HenanProvince, China,followed by a one-day excursion. The School of Economicsof Henan University will host the symposium. The organizers of the symposiumwelcome your submission in the areas of longrun economic development broadlydefined to include economic history, internationaltrade and finance, andinstitutional economics etc. The first symposium was successfully held inKaifengin 2014, whose program can be found at http://econ.henu.edu.cn/Content/317.shtml

        Pacific EconomicReview (PER, SSCI) has agreed to publish a special section of theselected papers, particularly those on or closely relatedto economic history, fromthis symposium. Authors who are interested for thispublication opportunity shouldindicate their intention when submitting to theSymposium. Papers to beconsidered for the publication on PER will go throughthe usual anonymousrefereeing process although effort will be made to expeditethe review.

        The Symposium will gathera group of scholars who arevery active in their research frontiers, suchas       Kenneth Chan, Biung-Ghi Ju, Kwan Choi, DanielBerkowitz, Wesley Wilson,Peter Egger, Chi Chur Chao, Hong Hwang, Wuyang Hu,Guenter Heiduk, and Lex Zhao.

        SubmissionDeadlineExtension:

        1.    Since the call for papers was not widely disseminated,thecommittee decided to extend the submissions deadline to April7, 2015. Allsubmissions must be in English and shall be sent to henan.symposium@gmail.com.

        2.    Although full-length paper submissions arepreferred,submissions of extended abstracts are also considered. In the caseof coauthoredpapers, please specify the presenter.

         3.      Https://inomics.com/2015-henan-symposium-development-and-institutional-economics-kaifeng

       Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee:

        Prof. Baomin Dong, HenanUniversity      Prof. Eden Yu, Chu Hai College,Hong Kong

      Local CommitteeMembers:

      Kaixiang Peng,Pengfei, Sheng, Makram El-Shagi, Frank Shao,Ted Chiang, Qianqian Wang, Kuk MoJung,       Lunan Jiang, Lin Zhang, Bingtao Song, Baozhong Gao, and JackHou.