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EIIITF 2024: Empirical Issues in International Trade & Finance Conference

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Kolkata, India, December 12-13, 2024

Conference website	https://eiitf.iift.ac.in/eiitf9/index.asp
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eiiitf2
Poster	download
Abstract registration deadline	September 30, 2024
Extended Abstract	September 30, 2024
Submission deadline	September 30, 2024
Acceptance Notification	October 15, 2024
Registration Deadline	November 30, 2024

Topics: global value chain international trade covid 19 artificial intelligence

9^th Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade & Finance (EIITF)

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata Campus

1583, Madurdaha Chowbaga Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700107, India

12-13 December 2024

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), an AACSB Accredited Deemed to be University, has been organizing the Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade & Finance (EIITF) biennial alternatively in its Delhi and Kolkata campuses since 2008. A large number of National and International dignitaries working in the field of International Trade and Finance have traditionally participated in the conference.This year the conference will be held in Kolkata Campus on 12th and 13th December, 2024.The theme for this year's EIITF Conference is ''Emerging Issues in International Trade Finance and Development''.

The world has been going through tumultuous times since the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020. Just when the recovery process from this traumatic experience begun, further disruptive geopolitical incidents began to affect large parts of the world. The Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas conflict, Houthis disruptions of the Red Sea trade route, conflicts in Africa, coupled with the International movement of displaced people in Western Europe and into the US are the some of the major incidents that profoundly affected International economic progress in the past two years.The conference this year is being organized in this backdrop. We expect to receive papers on the above issues and their effects on individual economies or the World economy.However, the conference will not be limited to the above topics. As usual, any topic falling under the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification E, F, G, L, and O will be considered for presentation at the conference.Shortlisted papers in the conference will be considered for publishing in the Institute’s Journal Foreign Trade Review. The papers will undergo the usual peer review process of the journal.

The distinguished speakers include:

Prof. Marcelo Olarreaga, Professor of Economics at University Of Geneva, Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics and

Prof. Richard Tol, Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Sussex, Professor of the Economics of Climate Change, Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Member, the Academia Europaea.

Sub-themes:

1. Geo-Political Conflict & International Trade	2. Conflict & Disruption in International Trade
3. International Migration & its Effects	4. Long-term effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
5. Rules of origin & its effects on the Global Value Chain	6. Climate Change & Trade
7. Financial Contagion	8. Time Series Analysis of Asset Purchase
9. Transfer Pricing & its Role in International Trade	10. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & International Trade

To encourage young researchers who are currently pursuing PhD in the area of international trade and finance, a separate track is added to the Conference. The best paper from the Doctoral Students will also be awarded a cash prize and a certificate.

Paper Submission Link: https://easychair.org/account2/signin?l=29475250418756905

Or, Email your paper to us at eiitf2024@iift.edu along with the details including your contact number and email ID, country, institutional affiliation, designation, and sub-theme of the paper.

Please note that the deadline for submitting the Extended Abstract / Full Paper is September 30th, 2024.

Tentative acceptance notifications will be sent out by October 15th, 2024.

The last date for Registration will be November 30th, 2024.

For any conference-related queries, please feel free to contact us at eiitf2024@iift.edu