Call for Papers

Scottish Economic Society 2012 Annual Conference
Submission deadline for abstracts: 3^rd February 2012

Call for papers & proposals for organised sessions

The Society invites submissions of papers for presentation and proposals for dedicated paper sessions at its Annual Conference in Perth. Papers and proposals for organised sessions from all areas of Economics, Economic Policy and Econometrics are invited from academics and practitioners in government, local authority, NDPBs, private sector and charitable organisations.

The Society places particular emphasis on the application of economics to policy and there will be invited sessions in separate policy and pedagogy streams.

Please see below for submission details and deadlines . For further details click here.

Submission of papers & proposals

1. Abstracts must be submitted electronically via e-mail to ses(at)public-economics.com by Friday 3^rd February 2012. Please use an open file format, such as PDF or LaTeX, for your submission. All abstracts must contain the corresponding author’s full address. Contributors will receive e-mail notification as to whether their papers have been accepted by Friday March 2^nd.
2. Full papers must be submitted by Friday 30^th March 2012 so that they can be included on the Conference CD and in the Conference Book of Abstracts. Full papers should be submitted in PDF format, and should include (i) a brief abstract of 100-200 words and (ii) where relevant, JEL classification numbers.
3. Cairncross Prize applicants must submit full papers by Friday 3^rd February 2012 – such that the competition can be decided prior to the conference –, and should indicate that they wish to be considered for the prize in their e-mail.
4. Proposals for organised sessions should include the title of the proposed session, the name of the chair and a set of three or four abstracts in either PDF, RTF or LaTeX format. Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to the e-mail address above, by Friday 3^rd February 2012. Full papers for Organised Sessions must be submitted by the session organiser by Friday 4^th March 2011.