June 23 - 25, 2018
Beijing, China

The inaugural annual China International Conference in Macroeconomics (CICM) will be held on June 23-25, 2018 in Beijing, which is jointly sponsored and

organized by Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance (PBCSF), Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research (NIFR) and China Forum of

Macroeconomic Research (CFMR). The conference is the first major activity in a series of conferences to be 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 both English and Chinese, as well as a policy session where policy makers and experts from China and other regions discuss and present their

views on current issues related to Chinese and the global macro economy.

CO-ORGANIZERS:

PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

The National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University

China Forum of Macroeconomic Research

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, economic growth and development, business cycles, firm dynamics, labor market, money and banking, macro-finance, monetary

and fiscal policies, international trade and finance, structural changes, and income distribution and inequality. Papers in both English and Chinese are

considered.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Thomas J. Sargent (New York University; 2011 Nobel Laureate in Economics)

Justin Lin (Peking University)

Tao Zha (Emory University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)

BEST PAPER AWARDS

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

CICM Best Junior Scholar Paper Award: US$2000 each

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:

http://editorialexpress.com/conference/CICM2018/

The deadline for submission is February 28th, 2018. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 1st, 2018. Each accepted paper will be discussed by a

discussant.

For each accepted paper, the conference will cover up to 3 days of 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

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Jianjun Miao, Boston University

Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ruediger Bachmann, University of Notre Dame

Jinhui Bai, Tsinghua University and Washington State University

Yan Bai, University of Rochester

Binkai Chen, Central University of Finance and Economics

Liutang Gong, Peking University

Kevin Huang, Vanderbilt University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University

Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Yulei Luo, The University of Hong Kong

Alexander Michaelides, Imperial College London

Toshihiko Mukoyama, University of Virginia

Michael Zheng Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California

Cheng Wang, Fudan University

Jian Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Pengfei Wang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yong Wang, Peking University

Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Danyang Xie, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Eric Young, University of Virginia

Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto