2017 AAEA Annual Meeting Chicago, IL July 30-Aug 1, 2017
The AAEA – China Section seeks submissions for presentations in Track Sessions at the 2017 AAEA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. We welcome papers on all aspects of the Chinese economy and China’s role in the world economy. Topics include, but are not limited to, urbanization and rural development, impacts of rising wage on economic dynamics, rural nonfarm and income diversification, food safety, health, nutrition, and education in rural areas, and China’s role in international trade, climate change, and the environment etc.
Those interested should email their abstracts as an attachment to chinasection@gmail.com no later than the midnight of November 26, 2016 in PDF or WORD format. The cover page of the abstract should include: (1) Title of the paper; (2) Names of authors, with the last name of the presenter in CAPITALS; (3) email address of the presenter; (4) Institutional affiliations and addresses (including emails) of the authors; and (5) Up to four key words.
The abstract itself should be one-page (single-spaced, 8.5 by 11 inches) that provides a clear explanation of what will be presented at the Annual Meeting. The abstract should include a discussion of the relevance of the topic, research methodology, data sources (if applicable), preliminary results (if not available, expected results), and potential for generating discussion during the meeting. Please use the last name of the presenter as the filename of your attached abstract, with a .docx, .doc, or .pdf extension. Notification of whether an abstract is accepted will be sent by December 1, 2016. Please note this is before the due date for AAEA Selected Presentation Abstracts and Proposals for Organized Symposium and Frontier Sessions (January 12, 2017). Please also note that if your abstract is accepted by the China Section, the same paper cannot be presented at the Annual Meeting through another avenue.
Selected Papers are allotted 20 minutes at the meeting for presentation. We will also consider a lightning session with eight presentations with no discussants or panelists. Authors of Selected Papers must submit a full version of their paper to AgEcon Search no later than May 24, 2017. Papers that miss this deadline will be withdrawn from the program. The full version of the paper has no length limitations, but less than 25 pages is preferred. Double-spaced, 8.5 by 11-inch, single-sided format is requested. Please follow the American Journal of Agricultural Economics style guidelines, with the exception of the single table/figure per page convention. All presenters/speakers are required to be AAEA and China Section members and registered for the Annual Meeting.
The China Section offers up to two Best Paper Awards to junior scholars (graduate students or young professionals who received their graduate degrees within the last five years) who submit and confirm to present their work (primary authorship required) at the 2017 China Section Track Sessions. Any questions regarding submission should be directed to chinasection@gmail.com. Information on the leadership and activities of the China Section can be found at http://www.aaea.org/sections/china/ (click on “AAEA Annual Meeting” on the left panel to see more information)
