Call for Papers

2016 Beijing NormalUniversity Conference on Experimental Economics

TheBusiness School, Beijing Normal University

December24-25, 2016
Beijing, China

The methods of experimentaleconomics have been becoming more and more widely used in the research ofeconomics, business and other social science fields. In order to fostercommunication about the state-of-the-art research among scholars in or usingexperimental economics, we are pleased to announce 2016 Beijing NormalUniversity Conference on Experimental Economics, which will be held fromDecember 24th - 25th, 2016, at Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China.

We invite scholars to submittheir work based on experiments of human subjects (either in the lab or in thefield). We are particularly interested in the interesting research that interacts with one or moreof the following fields: economic theory, development,labor, game theory, finance, marketing, education, political science and public policy. We areinterested in receiving submission that either speaks to the implications ofimportant economic theory or deepens our substantive knowledge about aparticular developing country such as China.

It is our great honor to haveProfessor Yan Chen (University of Michigan) as the distinguished keynotespeaker for this year’sconference.

PAPERSUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION

Researchers who would like topresent their work at the conference are invited to submit an abstract (not exceeding 250words, including title and co-authors) to economic.lab@bnu.edu.cn. Please note that allsubmissions should be in English; each participant will be limited to presentone paper. *The submission deadline is October30th, 2016*. Decisions of acceptance will be announced by November15th, 2016. The tentative program will be announced by the end ofNovember.Noregistration fee is required for this conference and meals will be providedduring the Conference.

Academic inquiries about theconference should be directed to Min Zhu (zhu@bnu.edu.cn) or Jidong Chen (chenjidong@bnu.edu.cn). For logisticaffairs, please contact Ms. Yang Liu (liuyang@bnu.edu.cn).

ABOUT THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, BEIJING NORMALUNIVERSITY

Beijing Normal University is among the best and alsothe first national university in China with Imperial University of Peking(founded in 1902) as its predecessor. The Business School at Beijing Normal Universityis a relatively young but fast-developing school. Established in 1979, theSchool has achieved over three decades of sustained growth and evolution intandem with the unprecedented economic growth of China. The school aims tostrengthen and solidify its role as a leadinginstitution in creating knowledge of economics andmanagement, and in cultivating leaders for China and the world. The unique department of economics of economics

the universityis a part of the school. Theresearch within the department spans over all major fields of economics, with aparticularly strength on development, labor, education and experimentaleconomics. The Business School and its economics department are now ambitiouslystriving to become among the best in China. The school tries its best to offer anexcellent research environment and consistently produce world-wide influentialresearch in economics, management and other related social sciences.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

Haoran He (Business School, Beijing NormalUniversity)

Min Zhu (Business School, Beijing Normal University)

Jidong Chen (Business School, Beijing NormalUniversity)