Callfor Papers

TheSixth International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial

Economicsin China

June 2-3, 2017,Xiamen, China

http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/Meetings/RUSE2017

The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) and the School of Economics (SOE), Xiamen University, together with Spatial Economic Analysis, Journalof Regional Science, Papersin Regional Science, Journal of Housing Economics, Annals of Regional Science, Growth and Change, Journal of Social and Economic Geography, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, and Lettersin Spatial and Resource Sciences are pleased to announce that we are organizing a two-day workshop on Regional, Urban and Spatial Economics on June 2-3, 2017 atXiamen University, Xiamen, China.

Paper Submission and Registration

Following the tradition of five highly successful workshops to date, we aim to continue to attract high-quality research output, further increase the visibility of regional science,urban economics, and spatial economics in China, and reinforce the research network for top level China focused scholars from across the globe. We welcome submissions on the following themes broadly defined:

Urban dynamics and transformation;

Urban network and spatial interdependencies;

Housing market: supply, demand, prices and policies;

Firm and household location decisions;

Interaction of household finance with urban labor and housing markets;

Regional growth and development;

Labor market and inter-regional and rural-urban migration;

Agglomeration and new economic geography;

Environment, energy and sustainable development;

and Papers enriching understanding of urban, regional and spatial economics in China

Labor market effects of trade and regional integration;

Quantitative analysis of trade and spatial issues;

Transportation and its economic impacts.

For those who are interested in presenting a paper in the workshop, please submit in English a draft paper or an abstract through our online portal at http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/Meetings/RUSE2017/Registration. The submission deadline is February 1st, 2017. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by March 1st, 2017 and a complete paper in English is due on May 1st, 2017. There is no registration fee for attending the conference. Participants need only to pay their own cost of accommodation and transportation. The international journal Spatial Economic Analysis will have a special issue for this workshop. All papers submitted to the workshop will be considered for the special issue,and the selected papers will receive invitations for submission to the special issue.These submissions will go through the normal anonymous review process. For consideration of publication in Spatial Economic Analysis, papers must offer new theoretical and/or methodological insights. See the aims and scope of the journal:  http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformationshow=aimsScope&journalCode=rsea20

In addition, editors from Journal of Regional Science, Papers in Regional Science, Journalof Housing Economics, Annals of Regional Science, Growth and Change, Journal of Social and Economic Geography, Environment and Planning C: Governmentand Policy, and Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences will attend the workshop. They also welcome other general submissions that fit those journals.

For academicinquiries about the conference, please contact Min Qiang (Kent) Zhao (kent_zhao@xmu.edu.cn). For logistic affairs, please send your email to ruse2017.xiamen@gmail.com.

Organizers

The Wang YananInstitute for Studies in Economics and the School of Economics,

Xiamen University

SpatialEconomic Analysis

Co-organizers

Journalof Regional Science

Papersin Regional Science

Journalof Housing Economics

Annalsof Regional Science

Growthand Change

Journalof Social and Economic Geography

Environmentand Planning C: Government and Policy

Lettersin Spatial and Resource Sciences

LocalOrganizing Committee

Xiaojia Bao (WISE& SOE, Xiamen University)

Xiaofang Dong(WISE & SOE, Xiamen University)

Pei Li (WISE& SOE, Xiamen University)

Mouhua Liao(WISE, Xiamen University)

Lina Meng (WISE& SOE, Xiamen University)

Xi Yang (SOE,Xiamen University)

Min Qiang (Kent)Zhao (WISE, Xiamen University)

ScientificCommittee

Capello, Roberta, Politecnico of Milan, Italy (Editor-in-Chief, Papers inRegional Science).

Chen, Anping, Jinan University, China.

Chen, Zhao, Fudan University, China.

Coulson, Edward, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA (Co-editor of Journal of Regional Science).

Elhorst, J. Paul,University of Groningen, Netherlands (Editor-in-Chief Spatial Economics Analysis).

Folmer, Henk, Groningen University, Netherlands (Managing Editor of Letters in Spatialand Resource Sciences).

He, Canfei, Peking University, China.

Kohlhase, Janet, University of Houston, USA (Editor of Annals of Regional Science).

Partridge, Mark, Ohio State University, USA (Managing Editor of Journal of Regional Science).

Rickman, Dan, Oklahoma State University, USA (Editor of Growth and Change).

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (Editor ofEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy).

Saiz, Albert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Editor of Journal of Housing Economics).

Van Dijk, Jouke, Groningen University, Netherlands (Associate Editor of Journal of Socialand Economic Geography and Editor of Springer Regional Science Book SeriesAdvance of Spatial Science).

Van Oort, Frank, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University, Netherland (Editor-in-Chief,Journal of Social and Economic Geography).

Ying, Fang, Xiamen University, China.

Zhang, Dayong, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.

Zheng, Siqi, Tsinghua University, China.