Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit a paper/ extended abstract/poster/panel proposal to the 12th Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association (ACFEA) in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, hosted by the School of Economics and Management at Fuzhou University. Please read the information below. Please also distribute this call-for-paper to your colleagues and friends who might be interested in this conference.

Call for Abstracts / Full Papers/ Posters/ Panel Proposals

The 12th Biennial Conference of

Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association

July 11-14, 2018, Fuzhou, China http://www.asiancfea.org

Date: July 11-14, 2018

Conference Venue: Fuzhou University, Fujian Province, China

Organizers:

Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association (ACFEA)

School of Economics and Management at Fuzhou University, China

Co-organizer:

Association for China Economics Studies (ACES), Taiwan

To submit a paper or inquiries, please contact the conference secretary Mr. Kenny Chang at: asiancfea@gmail.com.

CONFERNCE SCHEDULE

January 31, 2018

Submission deadline of full Paper or at least 1,000 words extended Abstract, Poster, and Panel Proposal.

February 1-28, 2018

Review and selection process.

March 1, 2018

Sending out Letter of acceptance and registration form.

March 1-April 1, 2018

Early registration.

May 1, 2018

Registration deadline.

June 1, 2018

Final version deadline (send full papers/ PPTs/ extended abstracts to conference proceedings printing).

July 11-14, 2018

Conference Date.

THE SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

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The central topic of the conference is (but NOT limited) to improve the well-being of consumers and families. We would like to broadly invite researchers to submit original micro- and macro-level studies to this conference. Professionals in (but NOT limited to) the following fields are welcome to submit papers, poster proposals, and panel proposals addressing empirical, theoretical, methodological, pedagogical, and policy issues as they apply in any countries’ context (NOT limited to Asian countries/ regions).

Family Economics

Management

Consumer Economics

Labor Economics

Financial Economics/ Microfinance

International Economics

Marketing

Real Estate Market

Public Economics

Regional Studies

Health Economics

Institutional Economics

Demography/ Population Economics

Gender Economics

Political Science

Education

Social Security

Psychology

Sociology/Social Work

Home Economics

We also welcome you to organize panels for special issue of Economic Modelling Special Issue, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, respectively, if articles are not really closed to the consumer and family economics but related to the main themes of three special issues as mentioned below.

Although English is the only language for your presentations in this conference, Chinese papers are also acceptable this time for encouraging more Chinese scholars who are more comfortable in speaking Chinese to attend this conference. Therefore, if you want to present papers in Chinese or to propose Chinese panels, please put a note on your submissions and proposals. However, only papers written in English can be submitted to the three special issues.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

1. Dr. Sushanta MALLICK

Professor of International Finance at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, UK. He is also currently Co-editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Journal: Economic Modelling (indexed in SSCI, IF:1.481).

Topic: Does social identity matter in individual alienation? Household-level evidence in post-reform India

2. TBA.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

All papers presented in the conference will be published in the proceedings; in addition, authors of papers that are written in English and outstanding in quality and content will be invited to submit their works to special issues of the following three excellent journals:

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Economic Modelling (Indexed in SSCI)

Special Issue: Gender Issues in Economics

Guest Editor: Dr. Jr-Tsung HUANG (National Chengchi University)

ISI Impact Factor: 1.481

ISSN: 0264-9993

North American Journal of Economics and Finance (Indexed in SSCI)

Special Issue: Contemporary Economic and Financial Issues of Consumers and Families

Co-Guest Editors: Dr. Jr-Tsung HUANG (National Chengchi University)

Dr. Jing Jian XIAO (University of Rhode Island)

ISI 5-year Impact Factor: 0.935

ISSN: 1062-9408

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning (indexed in Econlit)

Special Issue: Technology and Consumer Finance

Guest Editor: Dr. Christine LAI (National Taiwan Normal University)

2015 / 2016 RG Journal Impact: 1.33

ISSN: 1052-3073

Note: Articles presented in the 12th Biennial Conference of ACFEA are most favorable for above three special issues.

REGISTRATION FEES

Early Bird Fees (March 1-April 1, 2018): US$ 280 (RMB$1,850)

Regular Fees (April 2-May 1, 2018): US$ 300 (RMB$1,980)

Late Rate (May 2-July 14, 2018): US$ 320 (RMB$2,110)

Special Rate (For Full-time Ph.D. Student and Panel Organizer): US$250 (RMB$1,650)

Note that: 1. The conference will provide name badge, bag, abstract book/conference proceedings (CD ROM), participation certificate, welcome reception dinner (July 11), two lunches (July 12 and 13), tea/coffee and snacks during session breaks, a half-day local tour (July 13), and farewell dinner (July 13).

2. Participants’ accommodation, flight ticket, and activities and goods other than above will be paid by themselves.

3. A registration form will be sent to conference participants later on.

ACCOMMODATION FEE: Available at www.asiancfea.org.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

For more detail information regarding call for papers, posters, panels, submission, registration, accommodation, members of organizing committee, etc., please visit the official website of the 12th Biennial Conference of ACFEA: http://www.asiancfea.org/, or email to asiancfea@gmail.com.

You are also welcome to join the chat room of this conference at WeChat, if you have a WeChat account. Please scan the QR Code (http://www.asiancfea.org/userfiles/image/QR%20Code.jpg). This Code will be updated frequently. If it does not work, please send an email to asiancfea@gmail.com for requesting a valid code.

All the best,

Committee of 2018 ACFEA Biennial Conference