7th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, Athens, 23-26 July 2012‏

7th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications

Athens, Greece

23-26 July 2012

The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 7th Annual International Symposium in Athens, Greece, 23-26 July 2012. The conference website is: http://www.atiner.gr/economics.htm . The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of economics and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer.

The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of social events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour (urban walk) of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available at http://www.atiner.gr/soc/2012SOC-ECO.htm . Papers (in English) from all areas of Economics are welcome. Sessions will be organized along the lines of the Journal of Economic Literature Classification Index:

· General Economics and Teaching,

· Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology,

· Mathematical and Quantitative Methods,

· Welfare Economics,

· Microeconomics,

· Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,

· International Economics,

· Financial Economics,

· Public Economics,

· Health, Education and Welfare,

· Labour and Demographic Economics,

· Law and Economics,

· Industrial Organization,

· Business Administration & Business Economics - Marketing – Accounting,

· Economic History,

· Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth,

· Economic Systems,

· Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics,

· Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics,

· Cultural Economics.

Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings or Edited Books as part of ATINER's book series. For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/ECONOMICS_PUBLICATIONS.htm . Papers to be included are blindly peer reviewed. If you think you can contribute, please send an abstract of about 300 words, via email (atiner@atiner.gr ), before 9th of January 2012 to:

Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor,
Troy University, USA & Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki,
10671 Athens, Greece.

Tel.:             + 30 210 3634210      
Fax: + 30 210 3634209.

Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Family Name (s), First Name (s), Institutional Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-ECO.doc .

Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, organize a panel, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr ), President, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.