Welcome to ESAM12
The Econometric Society Australasian Meeting in 2012 (ESAM12) will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from 3 to 6 July 2012 and hosted by Deakin University. The meeting venue is The Langham Hotel Melbourne. The program will consist of world famous keynote and invited speakers, as well as contributed papers on a wide range of topics including: theoretical and applied econometrics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics. The Conference Organising Committee is formed by an energetic group of academics from the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at Deakin University. The Academic Program Committee includes high profile researchers from the region.
Key Dates
| 1 November 2011 |
Full paper submissions begin |
| 21 March 2012 |
Due date for submission of papers |
| 21 April 2012 |
Notification of authors regarding their submission |
| 22 May 2012 |
Earlybird Registration closes |
| 1 June 2012 |
Last day for authors to confirm place in program |
| 2 July 2012 |
Online Registration closes |
| 3 July 2012 |
Onsite Registration 3.00pm - 6.00pm The Langham Hotel Melbourne, Southbank |
| 3 July 2012 |
Cocktail Reception 5.00pm - 7.00pm Alto Room, The Langham Hotel Melbourne |
| 4-6 July 2012 | ESAM12 Conference The Langham Hotel Melbourne |
| 5 July 2012 | Conference Dinner Crown Towers Hotel, Southbank |
ESAM12 Committees
Conference Chairs
| Associate Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu | Co-chair |
| Professor Michael Kidd (QUT) | Co-chair |
The following academics from Deakin University form the Conference Organising Committee.
Conference Organising Committee
| Dr Prasad Bhattacharya | |
| Dr Aydogan Ulker | |
| Dr Luca Colombo | |
| Dr Cong Pham | |
| Dr Debdulal Mallick | |
| Dr Xueli Tang | |
| Dr Mokhtarul Wadud | |
| Dr CJ Sun | |
| Dr Emin Gahramanov | |
| Dr Cahit Guven | |
| Dr Abdul Hayat Muhammad | |
| Dr Sarah Carrington |
Academic Program Committee
| Professor Michael Kidd | Labour Economics |
| Associate Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu | Development Economics |
| Professor Nejat Anbarci | Game Theory |
| Professor Chris Doucouliagos | Productivity and Efficiency Analysis |
| Professor Paresh Narayan | Applied Econometrics |
| Professor Pasquale Sgro | Economic Growth |
| Professor Joakim Westerlund | Financial Econometrics |
| Professor Andrew McLennan (UQ) | Economic Theory |
| Professor Devashish Mitra (Syracuse) | Political Economy |
| Professor Jakob Madsen (Monash) | Empirical Macroeconomics |
| Professor Ian King (Melbourne) | Macroeconomic Theory |
| Professor Nicholas Feltovich (Monash) | Experimental Economics |
| Professor Adrian Pagan (Sydney) | Time Series Econometrics |
| Associate Professor Olan Henry (Melbourne) | Financial Econometrics |
| Professor Flavio Menezes (UQ) | Microeconomic Theory, Regulation |
| Professor John Geweke (UTS) | Bayesian Econometrics |
| Professor Michael Keane (UNSW) | Applied Microeconometrics |
| Professor Kevin Fox (UNSW) | Environmental Economics |
| Dr Prasad Bhattacharya | International Macroeconomics |
| Dr Aydogan Ulker | Health Economics |
| Dr Luca Colombo | Industrial Organisation |
| Dr Cong Pham | International Trade |
Satellite Workshops and Conferences
Annual Conference of the Society of Advanced Economic Theory
30 June -2 July 2012
University of Queensland, Brisbane
Vist the website: Annual Conference of the Society of Advanced Economic Theory
41st Australian Conference of Economists
8 -12 July 2012
Melbourne
Visit the website: 41st Australian Conference of Economists
2012 Association for Public Economic Theory Workshop on Public Private Partnerships
25th and 26th June 2012
Tangalooma Island Resort, Brisbane
Visit the website: APET Workshop on Public Private Partnerships
4th Global Conference on SME, Entrepreneurship & Service Innovation (GCSMES) 2012
12-13 July 2012
Hyatt Regency, Sanctuary Cove, Gold Coast
Visit the website: GCSMES 2012