FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

NEW DELHI, INDIA

6th International Conference on

South Asian Economic Development
(Online on 25-27 February 2021)

The Faculty of Economics at the South Asian University is pleased to announce its Sixth International
Conference on South Asian Economic Development through an online platform.
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We live in a connected world, where prosperity as well as calamities like pandemics spread through
interconnections among people and institutions. The South Asian region, however, presents a study in
contrasts. Despite growing at impressive rates over the last decade and a half, it remains one of the least
integrated regions of the world with a large untapped potential for development fostered through greater
economic and financial integration. This is despite a common economic history that goes back several
millennia. The region is home to the largest concentration of the world's poor with abysmal levels of access
to basic economic and social infrastructure. Being part of a unique university with a mandate of inculcating
regional consciousness among the citizens of South Asia, the Faculty of Economics envisions for itself a
leading role in understanding the economic challenges and opportunities unique to this region. We believe
that a rigorous scientific enquiry is needed for this purpose. As in the past, we hope that through this
conference, we shall provide an effective platform for sharing cutting-edge research on methodological
advances, both in economic theory and empirical methods. Our hope is that this shall contribute to a
better understanding of South Asian Economic Development.

We have three area experts delivering masterclass lectures this year, who will also discuss two papers
related to their research interest, on the following topics:

Prof. Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi): “Some Aspects of Auction Theory”
Prof. Arup Mitra (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi): “Issues in urban development : Reflections from South Asia”
Prof. Vikram Dayal (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi): “Using R for Environmental Economics”

Themes for the Paper Presentation in the Conference:

We invite theoretical and empirical contributions in all areas of relevance to South Asian economies. This
may include (but not limited to):

● COVID-19 and impact on South Asian economies

● Labour market outcomes in South Asia
● Regional and spatial economics pertaining to urbanization in the region
● Income and wealth inequality
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 ● Issues in agriculture in South Asia

● Mechanism design, industrial organization and information economics

● Agent-based models, bounded rationality, learning and heterogeneous interacting agents (with applications
in a South Asian context).

governance, law and economics with special emphasis on the institutional

framework in the South Asian region.

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Modality of the conference: Online paper presentations with discussant comments on each paper and
live question answer sessions.

Conference fee (for paper presentation only): INR 500 per paper.

Post-conference Publication: A selection of papers from among those presented in this conference is
slated to be published in an edited volume at the end of the conference by Springer as part of their
international book programme. This is subject to the review process of the conference committee and
Springer, post conference. Presentation at the conference does not require the researcher(s) to
publish in the post-conference volume. Only those papers selected by the committee and Springer
shall be considered for publication, after the authors give us their consent.

Paper Submission (with 100-word abstract): Please open account with EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/) and use the link on the Registration tab of our conference website:
http://ecoconf.sau.ac.in

Conference Submission Deadlines:

Full length original research article with a 100-word abstract: 30 November 2020
Decision on papers: latest by 31 December 2020

For any queries regarding the conference or issues with the process of online submission using EasyChair,
please communicate at the following email address: ecoconf@sau.ac.in

For further details, please see: http://ecoconf.sau.ac.in

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