20th International Convention
East Asian Economic Association

8-9 NOVEMBER 2025, MANILA, PHILIPPINES

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

The 20th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association will be held on 8-9 November 2025 hosted by Ateneo de Manila University and the Philippines Economic Society, in Manila, the Philippines. The theme of the Convention is

Navigating Economic Transitions:
Inclusion, Innovation and Resilience in Asia

The Program Committee is now issuing a call for papers related to the Convention theme and for papers on a wide range of economic issues. We consider all academic papers that are applied, empirical and policy-relevant in nature and related to Asia. Theory papers that are relevant to the theme of the conference and can develop applied research will also be considered. Pure theory papers will not be considered. Possible topics for session titles and papers include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. Economic Integration 

B. Multinationals and the Global Economy

C. Economic Growth and Income Disparity

D. Global Imbalances 

E. Green Growth and Sustainable Development

F. The Economics of Disasters

G. The Economics Profession and Teaching 

H. Exchange Rates and Currency Crises

I. Financial Institutions and Markets

J. Firm Behavior

K. Food and Agricultural Policy

L. Growth and Productivity

M. Household Behavior

N. International Trade and Trade Policy

O. International Investment and Capital Flows

P. Supply Chains 

Q. Institutions 

R. Labor and Human Resource Economics

S. Macroeconomic Management

T. Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

U. Poverty and Income Distribution

V. The Public Sector 

W. Service Sectors

X. Technology

Y. Corruption and Development

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors who wish to present a paper at the Convention should submit an abstract of the proposed paper not exceeding 200 words to the conference website: https://eaea20.ateneo.edu  by 15 April 2025. Please indicate the session(s) you think your paper would appropriate for by listing up to three sessions at the bottom of the abstract. Abstracts should be submitted in MS-Word format using English Language, Times New Roman fonts.

Participants can only be the corresponding and presenting author for a maximum of one submission.

All paper presenters must also serve as discussant for one paper to be assigned by the Committee. Correspondingly, all participants are expected to attend both days.

SESSION PROPOSAL

In addition to individual paper writers, we welcome session organizers. Session organizers are responsible for providing a title and description of the scope of their session, inviting speakers and discussants to participate in the session. The contact address for this category is: Shandre Thangavelu at Shandrethangavelu@gmail.com; Craig Parsons, at parsonseaea14@gmail.com; faldaba@ateneo.edu. The deadline to submit abstracts, the scope of their session and a list of participants is 15 April 2025

SELECTION

The Program Committee will evaluate abstracts of proposed papers for the Convention. Evaluation of abstracts will be based primarily on the quality of the economic analysis that abstracts indicate the paper will contain, but also on appropriateness of the proposed paper for the Convention. Authors will be informed of the results of this evaluation by 15 June 2025.

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION

The deadline for submission of full papers selected for presentation is 30 September 2025. Detailed instructions will be distributed to authors whose papers have been chosen for the Convention. Papers must follow the style and format used in the Asian Economic Journal; see the instructions at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14678381/homepage/forauthors.html. It should not exceed 30 double-spaced A4 pages or 8000 words using 12 point font. Papers should be submitted in MS-Word format using English Language, Times New Roman fonts to the Program Committee via the submission portal at the EAEA20 Convention website: https://eaea20.ateneo.edu 

REGISTRATION

All the participants are required to register and attend both days of the Conference. Additional information will soon be made available at the EAEA website: www.eaeaweb.com and the conference website: https://eaea20.ateneo.edu 

CONTACT

For all queries pertaining to the Conference, please email Fernando Aldaba (faldaba@ateneo.edu) and Karen Barrios (mariacrisbarrios@gmail.com).

IMPORTANT DATES 

PHILIPPINE
ECONOMIC
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