Second World Congress of Comparative Economics (June 15-17, 2017 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

The Second World Congress of Comparative Economics will be held at National Research University Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg, Russia), June 15 – 17, 2017, following the first successful meeting in Rome in 2015. It is expected that the congress will bring together about 300 – 350 academics and experts from around the world to discuss a broad spectrum of economics issues in a comparative perspective, both at micro and macro level of analysis.

Working language: English

Call for Papers... (.PDF)

Official Congress website: https://spb.hse.ru/en/compecon/

Important Dates:

The final call for papers posted on September 5, 2016

Submissions will be open from September 1, 2016 to January 15, 2017

Information about acceptance/rejection: by February 15, 2017

Early bird registration: February 15 – March 15, 2017

Late registration: March 16 – May 1, 2017

Organizers

The Second World Congress of Comparative Economics is organized by the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES), the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES), the Japanese Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES), and the Korean Association for Comparative Economic Studies (KACES) in collaboration with the Italian Association for Comparative Economic Studies (AISSEC), The Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM), The Chinese Economists Society (CES), The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) and other scientific associations and networks.

Local organizer:

National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg

The Congress sessions and roundtables will explore a broad spectrum of theoretical and empirical contributions on the following topics:

institutional design and institutional dynamics;

catching up, cyclical development and structural transformation;

macroeconomic stability and macroeconomic policies;

development of financial and banking sector;

labor market and industrial relations;

human capital development;

industrial organization;

issues of regional development;

international trade and trade policy;

migration and foreign direct investment;

issues of international economic integration;

economic history.

The list is not exhaustive and all submissions broadly related to the topic of socio-economic development and policy will be considered.