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11th INFER Annual Conference 2009

Organized by:
INFER (International Network for Economic Research)
University of Stirling

4-6 September 2009
Stirling, Scotland, UK

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Conference Objectives

The INFER Annual Conference is the main annual event of the International Network for Economic Research. The INFER Annual Conference provides a great opportunity for members and non-members of INFER alike to exchange ideas. The Annual Conference is open to any field of research in economics. Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers across all areas of economics. Young researchers are also encouraged to apply for the young economist award of INFER. Researchers are also encouraged to organize their own sessions.

Keynote Speakers
Prof. Karim Abadir, professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College, London.

Participants
The conference is open to anybody involved in economics, including both young and experienced researchers, Ph.D. students, post-doctoral researchers, and professionals from business, government and non-governmental institutions.

Call for papers

We welcome theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented papers in all areas of economics and financial economics. Abstracts (of no more than 200 words) and papers should be submitted electronically by: 20 May, 2009 to the scientific committee of the conference as attachments (word doc or pdf format) at the following email address:
paul.alagidede@stir.ac.uk

The front page should indicate the authors’ full name, affiliation, address, phone/fax, and e-mail for correspondence and JEL classification.

Abstracts and papers must be in English. Papers should not exceed 25 pages (A4 or letter) including all references, tables and the like. Individual authors can submit only two papers.

All papers will be peer reviewed. Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than
15 June, 2009.

Proposals for complete sessions are also encouraged. Each session should be made up of three papers. In the submitted proposals, session organizers should indicate the name of the session chair, the names, affiliations, contact numbers and e-mail addresses of the authors and the chair, and the titles of the papers, each accompanied by the paper abstract.

We welcome theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented papers. Participants are expected to serve as programme chairs at the conference sessions.

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Publication of Papers
A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in one or more INFER volumes by publishers such as Edward Elgar or LIT in due course after the conference. For more details of possible publication outlets see INFER publications.

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Registration Fee
The registration fee for speakers and other participants will be:

• INFER private members: €150
• institutional INFER members: €150
• non-members: €375

Please note: the annual membership fee for private INFER members is €25 only (institutional INFER members €200). You are invited to become a member!

The fee for late registrations AFTER 30 July 2009 (including on-site registrations) will be:

• INFER private members: €225
• institutional INFER members: €225
• non-members: €500.

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Registration

All conference participants have to register for the conference. Please note that paper submission is not regarded as a registration. For registration visit the INFER website http://www.infer-research.net/ and follow the link “registration”.

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Deadline for registration and payment

30 August (late registration fee), 2009.

All registrations made after this deadline are regarded as late registrations. Registration fees are non-refundable.

Once INFER has received your registration form and registration fee, you will get a confirmation by e-mail.

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Conference's official web site

Please check the conference's official web site for updates and further details.

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