Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Emerging markets have long been a challenge for finance and trade, as standard models may not suit the specific circumstances arising from these markets (Bekaert and Harvey, 2003). However, the interest in emerging markets has been growing, given the increasing importance of emerging markets in the global economy and financial markets, especially during the 21^st century. Despite the dramatic globalization during the 21^st century, it still makes sense to segregate the world into “emerging” and “developed” market buckets. Nowadays, the issues in emerging markets have become more complex and sophisticated, due to the newly emergence of digital economy, inclusive finance, Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict, geopolitical risk, extreme episodes of international capital flows and exchange rates, energy consumption and environmental concerns, etc.

In light of this, Zhejiang University of Technology is organizing the international conference “Emerging market finance and trade in the 21st century”, calling for original research articles to join in the latest discussion. The conference particularly welcomes research that focuses on the new challenges to the domestic/international finance and trade subjects in emerging markets, especially in the digital economy era. Topics may include but are not limited to:

The consequences of digital inclusive finance in emerging markets

The effects of exchange rate changes in emerging markets

The consequences of geopolitical risk in emerging markets

New challenges to international trade (exports and imports) in emerging markets

New challenges to productivity and happiness in emerging markets

International capital flows to local equity markets in emerging markets

Energy consumption and environmental concerns in emerging markets

Financial stability in the post-Covid-19 era in emerging markets

Spillover of global shocks in emerging markets

New challenges to monetary and fiscal policy in emerging markets

Keynote speaker

Paresh Kumar Narayan, Monash University

Conference

A special issue themed conference will take place in 2023, both online and onsite at School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC. All papers presented at the conference will have a discussant assigned. Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present their paper, and 10 minutes allocated for the discussions and questions.

Conference Sponsor

School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology

Publication opportunity 

Papers presented at the conference are eligible to be considered for publication in a special issue of EMFT (ABS 2-star Journal, SSCI Journal: JCR Q1) with the theme on “Emerging market finance and trade in the 21st century”. The submission portal will be open on from 1Janurary2023-30September2023. Authors who decide to submit their papers to EMFT are expected to pay the standard journal submission fee of USD 150. All papers will go through the journal's double blind review process following the journal’s review policy. Note that paper acceptance by conference is not a guarantee of publication in the special issue of EMFT.

Guest editors

Cheng Yan, University of Essex, UK

Yezhou Sha, Capital University of Economics and Business, PRC

Conference organizing committee (in alphabet order) 

Lijun Ceng                    Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

QunYang Du        Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Jianchun Fang            Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Lin Sun        Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Cheng Yan           University of Essex, UK

Li Zhou                           Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Jinhua Zhang              Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Scientific committee (in alphabet order)

Huifang Cheng   Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

QunYang Du        Zhejiang University of Technology, PRC

Xianhai Huang              Zhejiang University, PRC

Paresh K. Narayan     Monash University, Australia

Shuitu Qian                   Zhejiang Gongshang University

Yezhou Sha          Capital University of Economics and Business, PRC

Zhigang Yuan                Fudan University, PRC

Cheng Yan           University of Essex, UK

Conference submission

Authors are invited to submit their research papers (in English) or extended abstract in PDF version to the conference (to be announced at a later date). A copy of submission should email to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please write your email title as "2023 ZJUT-EMFT Submission".

Post-conference submission

Selected papers that present at the conference will be invited by the Guest Editors to submit to the special issue. Please use Taylor and Francis manuscript system following the instructions for authors:

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/mree20

Please choose your submission as "Regular Issue/Conference Paper", and indicate the conference as " Emerging market finance and trade in the 21st century".

Submissions and important dates

Submission Portal Open: 1 January 2023

Submission Portal Close: 30 September 2023

Contact

All inquiries go to Dr Cheng Yan, Guest Editor. Email: [email protected]

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