Call for Papers - Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data Conference
The 2009 Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (Micro) Data (CAED) Conference will be held from Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4, 2009, in Tokyo. This will be the 9th CAED Conference and the first one in Asia. Organizing Institutions are the Global COE Program "Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences (Hi-Stat)," Hitotsubashi University, and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). The aim of CAED conferences is to promote scientific research using enterprise micro data.
Call for Papers
CAED invites submissions of papers for its 9th conference in Tokyo on all research
using enterprise micro data. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, resource reallocation and adjustment costs, productivity, information and
communication technology, R&D, market competition, exit and entry dynamics,
transition and development, labor issues, environment, corporate governance,
corporate finance, trade, and linked employer-employee analysis. Submissions
should be either a full paper with an abstract of 400-600 words, including a
description of the data used in the analysis, or an extended abstract of
800-1600 words. A strong preference will be given to full papers (even if
preliminary or incomplete) using data from multiple countries and/or from Asian
countries. Authors chosen to present papers at this conference will be notified
by June 1, 2009.
Submissions: http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/CAED/call4papers.html
Deadline: May 10, 2009, 15:00 GMT
Sponsors
Global COE Program, "Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in
Social Sciences (Hi-Stat),” Hitotsubashi University; Research Institute of
Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI);
Nihon University College of Economics; Gakushuin University Research
Institute of Economics and Management; Center for Economic Institutions, Institute
of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Executive Committee
Eric Bartelsman; Stefan Bender; Mark Doms; John Earle; Tor Eriksson; Kyoji Fukao;
Mary Hallward-Driemeier; John Haltiwanger,; Jonathan Haskel; Ron Jarmin; Shawn
Klimek; Francis Kramarz; Seppo Laaksonen; Julia Lane; Kazuyuki Motohashi;
Carmen Pages-Serra; Stefano Scarpetta
Local Committee
Sanghoon Ahn; Kyoji Fukao; Ryo Kambayashi; Daiji Kawaguchi; Kozo Kiyota; Toshiyuki
Matsuura; Tsutomu Miyagawa; Kazuyuki Motohashi; Makoto Nirei; Hyeog Ug Kwon
Invited Speakers at Plenaries and Sessions
Eric Bartelsman; Mark Doms; John Earle; Luigi Guiso; Ron Jarmin; Fukunari Kimura; Shawn Klimek; Kuen Lee; Kazuyuki Motohashi; Kiyohiko Nishimura; James R. Tybout; more speakers to be confirmed
Venue
Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, National Center of Sciences Building, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0003 Japan
Registration
Registration will start in mid-June 2009. The admission fee is free but advance registration is required.
Financial Support
Subject to availability of funds, financial assistance for travel and/or accommodation
expenses may be available for graduate and doctorate students as well as junior
researchers. When submitting your paper, please write to
CAED2009Tokyo@ier.hit-u.ac.jp
if you wish to apply for financial support.
More information on the 2009 CAED Conference is available at:
http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/CAED/
