Call for Papers

The Fourth China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM2022)

June 19 - 21, 2022
Shenzhen, China

The fourth China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM2022) will be held on June 19-21, 2022 in Shenzhen, China (the exact format, online or onsite, will be modified according to the COVID-19 situation). 

The conference is jointly sponsored and organized by Business School of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech Business School), Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (PBCSF) and China Forum of Macroeconomic Research (CFMR). The meeting is the fourth annual conference organized jointly by the China Forum of Macroeconomic Research and collaborating academic institutions in the Greater China area. The conference is composed of regular parallel academic sessions in English, as well as a policy session where policy experts from China and other regions discuss and present their views on current issues related to the local and the global economy.

FOUNDING CO-ORGANIZERS

Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (PBCSF)

China Forum of Macroeconomic Research (CFMR)

CO-ORGANIZERS

Business School of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech Business School)

Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (PBCSF)

China Forum of Macroeconomic Research (CFMR)

TOPICS

We welcome high-quality academic papers in all areas of macroeconomics as broadly defined, especially research on Chinese macro economy. The topics include but not limited to, business cycles, economic growth and development, firm dynamics, income distribution and inequality, international trade and finance, labor market, macro-finance, monetary and fiscal policies, money and banking, networks, and structural changes.Only papers in English are accepted.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Per Krusell, Stockholm University

Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto

BEST PAPER AWARDS

The program committee plans to select two conference papers for the following awards.

• CICM Best Paper Award: US$2000

• CICM Best Junior Scholar Paper Award: US$2000

Papers in all topics will be considered for the awards, but we give priority to job market papers and China-related research.

PAPER SUBMISSION

If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please submit your paper at: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/CICM2022/. 

The deadline for submission is February 28, 2022. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 15, 2022. Multiple submissions by an author are allowed. However, each submitter can have at most one paper accepted into the program. In principle, any coauthor can appear in no more than two accepted papers. We encourage submissions from young authors and give younger cohorts priority in the paper selection process.

Each accepted paper will be discussed by a discussant. For each accepted paper, the conference will cover up to 3 nights of hotel accommodation for one author and the discussant.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

http://cicm.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn/

CONFERENCE INQUIRIES

If you have any question, please contact the organizers by sending email to cicm@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn or cicm@sustech.edu.cn.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Jianjun Miao, Boston University

Hao Zhou, Southern University of Science and Technology and Tsinghua University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS (in Alphabetical Order)

Hengjie Ai, University of Minnesota

Jinhui Bai, Washington State University and Peking University

Yan Bai, University of Rochester

Christophe Chamley, Boston University

Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kaiji Chen, Emory University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Wei Cui, University College London

Feng Dong, Tsinghua University

Kevin Huang, Vanderbilt University

Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University

Sagiri Kitao, University of Tokyo

Erica Xuenan Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Laura Xiaolei Liu, Peking University

Xuewen Liu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Yulei Luo, The University of Hong Kong

Alexander Michaelides, Imperial College London

Toshihiko Mukoyama, Georgetown University

Jun Nie, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California

Thomas J. Sargent, New York University and Peking University

Liugang Sheng, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Kang Shi, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Michael Zheng Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Jian Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Pengfei Wang, Peking University

Yong Wang, Peking University

Yi Wen, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Jenny Juanyi Xu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University

Zhiwei Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Liyan Yang, University of Toronto

Vivian Zhanwei Yue, Emory University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Shengxing Zhang, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Yuzhe Zhang, Texas A&M University and Peking University

Jackie Kai Zhao, University of Connecticut

Zhen Zhou, Tsinghua University

Shenghao Zhu, University of International Business and Economics