Call for Papers

We are pleased to invite paper submissions for the 4th Baltic Economic Conference that will take place on June 27 –28, 2022 at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania. The Baltic Economic Conference is organized by the Baltic Economic Association and will be jointly hosted by the Bank of Lithuania and Kaunas University of Technology.

We invite submissions (full paper or extended abstract) from all fields of Economics and Finance. Each paper will be assigned a discussant. Authors of accepted paper implicitly agree to be a discussant in the conference.

Keynote speaker: Kaivan Munshi (Yale University) “Economic Development and Entrepreneurship: The Chinese Experience”

Kaivan Munshi is currently a Professor of Economics at Yale University, a Faculty Affiliate of the Yale Economic Growth Center, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the leading expert in the development economics with specific focus on the role of social institutions and their interaction with economic activity during the phase of economic development. His research has been cited more than 8000 times according to Google Scholar.

Submission

· Paper submission deadline: 31 March 2022

· Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2022

· Registration deadline: 29 April 2022

Paper submission link: https://seb.ktu.edu/research/4th-baltic-economic-conference

Conference Fees

The regular conference fee is 75 EUR. There is no conference fee for the members of the Baltic Economic Association, as well as master and PhD students of higher education institutions from the Baltic States. The participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation expenses.

Best PhD Paper Award

There will be an award in the sum of EUR 500 for the best paper presented by a PhD student. The candidates for the award are not limited to the Baltic region (neither in terms of institution nor nationality), but the following rules apply:

· paper is presented at the conference

· all authors of the paper are doctoral students or researchers having defended their thesis in 2021/2022.

Conference Venue and Mode

Location: Kaunas University of Technology, Santaka Valley (K. Baršausko st. 59, Kaunas, Lithuania)

The conference is currently planned to take place in the in-person mode, under the assumption that participants from the Baltic States will be able to travel to Kaunas. In case the pandemic restrictions will not allow any physical meetings in Kaunas in June, the conference will switch to the fully online mode. The authors of all accepted papers will be notified about the conference mode in April at the latest.

Scientific committee:

Konstantins Benkovskis (Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Bank of Latvia),

Jurgita Bruneckienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Valdonė Darškuvienė (ISM University of Management and Economics),

Daiva Dumčiuvienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Nicolas Gavoille (Stockholm School of Economics in Riga),

Benjamin Hemingway (Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University),

Egle Jakucionyte (Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University),

Justina Klimavičiūtė (Vilnius University),

Rytis Krušinskas (Kaunas University of Technology),

Povilas Lastauskas (Bank of Lithuania),

Šviesa Leitonienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Jaanika Meriküll (Bank of Estonia and University of Tartu),

Vaida Pilinkienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Kaire Põder (Estonian Business School),

Talis Putnins (Sydney University of Technology, Stockholm School of Economics Riga),

Tairi Rõõm (Bank of Estonia),

Alina Stundžienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Linas Tarasonis (Vilnius University and Bank of Lithuania),

Lenno Uusküla (University of Tartu and Foresight Centre of the Estonian Parliament),

Matthias Weber (University of St.Gallen),

Alminas Zaldokas (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).

Organizing committee:

Jurgita Bruneckienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Inga Braželienė (Bank of Lithuania ),

Ziran Ding (Bank of Lithuania and Kaunas University of Technology),

Daiva Dumčiuvienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Kęstutis Duoba (Kaunas University of Technology),

Rimantė Hopenienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Inga Kartanaitė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Rytis Krušinskas (Kaunas University of Technology),

Aistė Lastauskaitė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Povilas Lastauskas (Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University),

Šviesa Leitonienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Vaida Pilinkienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Ingrida Petraitienė (Bank of Lithuania ),

Jurga Ribačiauskaitė (Bank of Lithuania ),

Swapnil Singh (Bank of Lithuania and Kaunas University of Technology),

Alina Stundžienė (Kaunas University of Technology),

Linas Tarasonis (Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University),

Rita Virgailienė (Kaunas University of Technology).