(The 12th KDI-KAEA Conference)

The main theme of this year’s conference is “Job Creation and Business Investments as a Pathway to a Creative Economy,” covering a wide range of topics including innovation, job creation, productivity, trade, business dynamics and economic growth. We welcome papers from all fields of economics broadly related to the main theme.

* Date: Friday, August 8, 2014
* Theme: Job Creation and Business Investments as a Pathway to a Creative Economy
* Venue: Korea Development Institute, Sejong City, Republic of Korea
* Submission Deadline: June 1, 2014
* Decision Announcement: June 10, 2014

Papers with strong policy implications are favored. In particular, we strongly encourage young economists to submit their recent works.

Papers should be written in English. A submission will be accepted only if it is a complete paper with (i) an abstract of 100 words, (ii) 3-5 keywords, and (iii) JEL code(s) on the title page. The conference will be conducted in English. Submissions should be sent to senior research associate at KDI, Ms. Sujin Kim at sujin@kdi.re.kr (c.c jisun@kdi.re.kr).

Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Steering Committee of this Conference. Around six papers will be selected from the submission. Each selected paper will be awarded an honorarium of KRW 1,000,000 by KDI. In addition, economy class airfare & accommodation in Daejeon will be provided to paper presenters when it’s necessary.

It should be noted that the submitted papers will be considered (not mandatory though) for publication at the KDI Journal of Economic Policy published by KDI. Papers accepted for publication will be awarded an additional honorarium of KRW 3,000,000 by KDI.