Third Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association
Shanghai, China - The Economic Science Association (ESA) is a professional organization devoted to economics as an observational science, using controlled experiments to learn about economic behavior.
The Economic Science Association (ESA) is a professional organization devoted to economics as an observational science, using controlled experiments to learn about economic behavior. It was founded at a meeting at the in Tucson, Arizona in 1986 and the first president of the association is Vernon Smith, a 2002 Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work in experimental economics. The Asia-Pacific Chapter of Economic Science Association was founded in Hong Kong, China in 2006. The first two Asia-Pacific Meeting of the ESA were held in Hong Kong, China and Osaka, Japan, respectively. Shanghai JiaoTong University is proud to be the third host of such meeting and we are dedicated to promote experimental methods to more researchers in Asia-Pacific region.
The conference site is at Antai College of Economics and Management, SJTU. SJTU established its Smith Experimental Economics Research Center (SEERC) in 2004.
Our plenary speakers include Colin Camerer, Tim Cason, Dan Friedman, Tom Palfrey and Tatsuyoshi Saijo.
Organizing Committee
Yan Chen (Chair), University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiaotong University
Soo Hong Chew, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thorsten Chmura, Shanghai JiaoTong University
Hongbin Cai, Peking University
Ninghua Du, Shanghai University of Finance And Economics
Fangyu Fei, Shanghai JiaoTong University
Binglin Gong, Shanghai JiaoTong University
Thomas Pitz, Shanghai JiaoTong University
Xiangdong Qin, Shanghai JiaoTong University
Tatsuyoshi Saijo, Osaka University
The web site will be updated as more information becomes available. In the meantime, enquiries can be addressed to Xiangdong Qin at [email protected]
