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The association was established as a result of a series of conferences organized by a group of economists in the United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China on the Asian economies and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. They all felt the need for more forums for economists to share their research work with others, to interact with other economists, to search for more research opportunities and topics, to make policy recommendations, and to make more friends.

The intention to establish this association was publicly announced by Shin-ichi Fukuda, Chung Mo Koo, Jeff Chien-Fu Lin, and Kar-yiu Wong in the closing session of the “Asian Crisis, V” conference in Chuncheon, Korea on December 10, 2003.

The association was established with the following mission:

·        to promote interactions among economists in the Asia-Pacific region and in other parts of the world;

·        to encourage economic research in the region; and

·        to disseminate economic research results.

 

These are some of the conferences organized before:

Some of the members of the preparatory committee were co-organizers of these conferences. You can also click here to get information about other conferences related to Asia and foreign trade that were similarly organized and attended by many participants from Asia, North America, and Europe.

This home page is not completed yet, as the association is being established. If you encounter any problems related to this page, or if you have any comments and suggestions, please contact us.

 

 

 

News

The Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Association will be held in Beijing and Qingdao, China. The first part, which will be held on July 13-14, 2020, will be hosted by the University of International Business and Economics, while the second part will be held in Qingdao on July 16-17, 2020. Participants are welcome to attend either or both parts of the conference. Please click here for more inforamtion of the conference, including information about submitting a paper or organizing a session.
The Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Association was successfully held at Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan on August 1-2, 2019. Please click here for more inforamtion of the conference.
The Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Association was held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA on August 3-4, 2018. For more details of the conference, please click here.
The Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Association was held successfully in Seoul, Korea on July 14-16, 2017. For more details of the conference, please click here.
The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Association was held in Kolkata, India on July 13-15, 2016. The local host was the International Management Institute Kolkata, India. Economists are invited to submit a paper or organized a session for presentation consideration. For more details, please click here.
The Eleventh Annual Conference of the Association was held in Taiwan on July 8-10, 2015. The local host was the School of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, and the School of Management, National Central University. The deadline for submission of the draft or an extended abstract of a paper for presentation is January 15, 2015. Economists are also invited to submit organized sessions for consideration. For more details, please click here.
Rouen conference on the Chinese economy. The Association is working with the University of Rouen, France, and the Research Center for International Economics (RCIE) at the University of Washington to hold a conference on the Chinese economy on October 16-17, 2014 in Rouen, France. For more information and submission, please click here.
Seoul Conference on the Chinese economy and the global economy. The Association is working with Korea Institute of Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) and the Research Center for International Economics (RCIE) at the University of Washington to organize the third twin conferences on September 18-19, 2014 in Seoul, Korea. For more information, please click here.
The Tenth Annual Conference of the Association was held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 11-12, 2014. The local host was hosted by Thammasat University. For more information about this conference, including submissions and registration, please click here.
The Ninth Annual Conference of the Association was successfully held in Osaka, Japan on July 27-28, 2013. The local host was the Department of Economics, Osaka University. Please click here for its program and a list of participants.
The Association, the University of Tokyo, and the Research Center for International Econonmics jointly organized two conferences in Tokyo, Japan on March 15-16, 2013. Please click here for more information.
The Eighth Annual Conference of the Association had been successfully held in Singapore on June 28-29, 2012. Please click here for its program and to download papers.
The Association is helping set up two new, international, peer-reviewed journals, China Economic Policy Review (CEPR) and Global Journal of Economics (GJE). Click here for the free electronic subscription to CEPR.

The Seventh Annual Conference of the Association was successfully held in Busan, Korea on June 24-25, 2011. Please click here for the program, list of participants, and other information of the conference.

The Association is pleased to launch a survey series on economics and business administration. The first two volumes are Survey of Dynamic Games in Economics, by Ngo Van Long (McGill University, Canada) and Financial Aggregation and Index Number Theory, by William A Barnett (University of Kansas, USA) and Marcelle Chauvet (University of California at Riverside, USA). Both volumes are now for sale. Click here for more details and order information.

The sixth annual conference of the Association was successfully held at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, July 8-9, 2010. Click here to get more information about the conference.

The fifth international conference was held in Santa Cruz, California, U. S. A. on June 27-28, 2009. It was hosted by the Department of Economics and Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, University of California at Santa Cruz. Click here for the program and the list of participants.

The fourth international conference will be held in Beijing, China on December 13-14, 2008. It will be hosted by the Central University of Finance and Economics. The official accommodation place is Royal King Hotel. Please click here for more information.

The third international conference was successfully held in Hong Kong on July 25-26, 2007. It was hosted by the Department of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Please click here for its program, the list of participants, and other information.

The second international conference of the association was successfully held in Seattle on July 29-30, 2006. Click here for the program, abstracts of the papers, the list of participants, and other information.

The first international conference of the association was successfully held on the campus of Hitotsubashi University on July 30-31, 2005. Please click here for more information about the conference, including its program and some pictures taken during the conference.

This page was last modified on November 18, 2019.