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APEN, December 2008‏

Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA)

Kar-yiu Wong (apen@karyiuwong.com)

Wed 12/31/08

Dear Sir,

Season’s Greetings. I wish you and your family a great holiday season and a productive, healthy, and happy new year.

This newsletter contains information about the followings:

(a) Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA) fifth annual conference, Santa Cruz, US, June 27-28, 2009.

(b) China Economic Policy Review

(c) International Trade Workshop, Hong Kong, February 28, 2009

(d) RCIE-UIBE annual conference on “China and the World Economy, ” Beijing, June 22-23, 2009

(e) AKES-KDI-RCIE-HKBU eighth annual conference on “Korea and the World Economy,” Hong Kong, July 9-10, 2009

(f) Advanced Training Program, Seattle, US, July 27 – August 14, 2009

(g) Asia and China: Economic and Financial Interactions, Yin-Wong Cheung and Kar-yiu Wong (eds.), Routledge: 2008.

(h) Position opening at the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University

Flyers of these activities can be downloaded at

http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/bei08/fut-act.htm

(a) Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA) 2009

This is the fifth annual conference of APEA, and will be hosted by the Department of Economics and Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE), University of California at Santa Cruz on June 27-28, 2009. The conference is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USA and the Bank of Korea, Korea.

The conference plans to have several keynote speakers, including Andrew Rose of UC Berkeley.

Please send an extended abstract or draft of a paper or session organizing proposals to Joshua Aizenman jaizen@cats.ucsc.edu or Shin-ichi Fukuda sfukuda2@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp. The deadline for paper presentation submission is January 31, 2009 and that for organizing a session is February 28, 2009. For more information, please visit:

http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/cruz09/index.htm

(b) China Economic Policy Review

The Research Center for International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, and the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, are publishing articles that review, analyze, and comment on contemporary economic policies of China. The articles have to be written for the general public and policy makers, and they need to have enough economic analysis to interest economists. Papers can be written in English and/or Chinese, but they will be published in both English and Chinese. (Authors can submit both the English version and the Chinese version of the articles, or we will do the translation.)

The Review is scheduled to be published four times a year, with the first issue published sometime in 2009.

Two types of articles are welcome: long articles that are based on existing research and research results of the author(s), and short articles that do not require any existing research results and could be on some current issues. Authors of long articles are encouraged to cite their own (published or working) papers and the results.

For more information and submission of the articles, contact Kar-yiu Wong head@karyiuwong.com. A flyer about the Review is available at http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/bei08/fut-act.htm.

(c) International Trade Workshop, Hong Kong, February 28, 2009

The Research Center for International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, and the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Hong Kong, are organizing international trade workshop series. The first one was held on the campus of UIBE on November 22, 2008. The next one will be held on the campus of HKBU on February 28, 2009. Economists are invited to submit papers (related to international trade, foreign direct investment, and/or international labor migration) by January 31, 2009 to Yuk-Shing Cheng ycheng@hkbu.edu.hk. Please download a copy of the flyer for more information:

http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/bei08/fut-act.htm.

(d) RCIE-UIBE annual conference on “China and the World Economy”

The Research Center for International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) is organizing a conference on “China and the World Economy: Globalization and Economic Integration”. It will be held on the campus of UIBE, Beijing on June 22-23, 2009. Theoretical/empirical papers in the following areas are most welcome (but not limited to):

foreign trade and foreign direct investment (especially related to China);

exchange rates and currencies (especially renminbi);

economic integration, including regionalism and multilateralism;

China’s foreign economic policies;

China’s exchange rate, monetary, and fiscal policies and their impacts;

trade conflicts, disputes, and issues between China and other economies;

WTO and China;

Please send the draft of a paper or an extended abstract to YIN Xiaopeng xyin_ca@yahoo.com. The deadline for receiving submission is March 31, 2009. Please download a copy of the flyer for more information: http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/bei08/fut-act.htm.

(e) AKES-KDI-RCIE-HKBU “Korea and the World Economy, VIII” Hong Kong, July 9-10, 2009

The Association of Korean Economic Studies, Korea Development Institute, Research Center for International Economics, and the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University are jointly organizing the eighth annual conference on “Korea and the World Economy” to be held on the campus of HKBU on July 9 – 10, 2009. The deadline for submitting a paper (or an extended abstract) for presentation consideration will be April 15, 2009. For inquiries and paper submission, please send to Won Joong Kim wjkim@kangwon.ac.kr or Kar-yiu Wong head@karyiuwong.com.

(f) Advanced Training Program, Seattle, US, July 27 – August 14, 2009

The Research Center for International Economics and the Department of Economics are organizing the third advanced training program on economics and business administration on July 27 – August 14, 2009 in Seattle. The first two weeks will have lectures on how to write and publish academic papers in international journals, economic situations of some Asia-Pacific economies, and visits to local business/government units. These lectures, which are suitable for both junior faculty members and graduate students, will be given by experienced scholars of various universities, including editors of some international journals. The third week is a mentoring program for junior faculty members. For more information, please download a flyer at http://www.apeaweb.org/confer/bei08/fut-act.htm.

Two surveys, which were presented by William Barnett and Ngo Van Long in the training program 2008, are being published by the World Scientific Publishing Co.:

William A. Barnett and Marcelle Chauvet, “Financial Aggregation and Index Number theory: Implications for Monetary Policy and Financial Modelling, A Survey”

Ngo Van Long, “A Survey of Dynamic Games in Economics”

(g) Asia and China: Economic and Financial Interactions

editors: Yin-Wong Cheung and Kar-yiu Wong

ISBN: 978-0-415-77609-7

Binding: Hardback

Published by: Routledge

Publication Date: 5th December 2008

Pages: 320

For its contents and list of authors, please visit:

http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/China-and-Asia-isbn9780415776097

(h) Position opening for an assistant/associate/full professor at the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. Field and rank are not restricted but preferences will be given to applicants with expertise in one or more of the following areas: International Economics, Applied Econometrics and Forecasting. The deadline for application is December 31, 2008. Please visit the following site for more information and the application procedure:

http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pers/job/ad081107CTOL-ECON.htm or http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~pers/job/

You can also visit the following site for a copy of this message:

http://apeaweb.org/apen/123008.html

e-mail to Kar-yiu Wong head@karyiuwong.com.

APEN, December 2008‏

Kar-yiu Wong (apen@karyiuwong.com)

http://apeaweb.org/apen/123008.html

Wed 12/31/08