Call for Papers

The Sixth China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM2024)

June 24 – 25, 2024

Hong Kong, China

The sixth China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM2024) will be held in person on June 24-25, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. The conference is jointly organised by the Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and China Forum of Macroeconomic Research (CFMR).

The meeting is the sixth annual conference organised jointly by the China Forum of Macroeconomic Research and collaborating academic institutions in the Greater China area. The conference comprises regular parallel academic sessions in English and a policy session where policy experts from China and other regions discuss and present their views on current issues related to the local and global economy.

CO-ORGANIZERS

  • The Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (ECON)
  • 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 macroeconomy. The topics include, but not limited to, business cycles, economic growth and development, firm dynamics, income distribution and inequality, international trade and finance, labour market, macro-finance, monetary and fiscal policies, money and banking, networks, and structural changes.  Only papers in English are accepted.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Yan Bai, University of Rochester
  • Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago

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 on all topics will be considered for the awards, but we prioritise 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/CICM2024/

The deadline for submission is March 7, 2024 (at 23:59 HKT). Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 15, 2024. 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

https://cicm.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/

CONFERENCE INQUIRIES

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the organisers by sending an email to cicm@cuhk.edu.hk

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

  • Jianjun Miao, Boston University
  • Zheng (Michael) Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS (in Alphabetical Order)

  • Hengjie Ai, University of Minnesota
  • Jinhui Bai, Washington State University and Peking University
  • Yan Bai, University of Rochester
  • Saki Bigio, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 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
  • Adam Guren, Boston University
  • Kevin Huang, Vanderbilt University
  • Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
  • Sagiri Kitao, University of Tokyo
  • David Lagakos, Boston University
  • 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
  • Rachel Ngai, Imperial College London and LSE
  • 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, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Kang Shi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Michael Zheng Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Jian Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
  • Pengfei Wang, Peking University
  • Yong Wang, Peking University
  • Yi Wen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Jieran Wu, Zhejiang 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