Asia-Pacific Economic Association

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:

Asian crisis 1997: So far six conferences had been held: "Asian Crisis, I" in Seattle (December 1998), "Asian Crisis, II" in Seattle (January 2000), "Asian Crisis, III" in Tokyo (July 2001), "Asian Crisis, IV" in Taipei (July 2002), "Asian Crisis, V" in Chuncheon (Korea) (December 2003), and "Asian Crisis, VI" in Tokyo (July 2004).
Korea and the World Economy: Seoul 2002, Seattle 2003, Seoul 2004, and Seattle 2005.

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 seventh annual conference of the Association will be held in Busan, Korea on June 24-25, 2011 (dates to be confirmed). The hosts will be the Department of Economics, Busan National University and Korea Economic and Business Association. More information about the conference will be posted soon.
	The sixth annual conference of the Association will be held at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, July 8-9, 2010. Click here to get more information about the conference, including submission. The conference will have a few sessions for papers to be considered for special issues of *Global Journal of Economics* and *China Economic Policy Review*. Please click here for more information.
	The Association is helping launch a new journal called Global Journal of Economics. It is a general, peer-review journal, covering all economic fields, and both theoretical and empirical papers will be most welcome. Click here for more information about the journal.
	The Association is working with the Research Center for International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics, the Research Center for International Economics at the University of Washington, and the Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University to launch a new journal called China Economic Policy Review. For more details, click here.
	The Association is publishing two surveys written by Ngo Van Long of McGill University and William Barnett of University of Kansas that were presented during the Advanced Training Program held in Seattle in August 2008. They are being published by World Scientific Publishing, and are scheduled to be for sale in November 2009.
	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.