2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society

The local host of the 2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society is the Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Founded in 1963, CUHK is a forward-looking comprehensive research university with a global vision and a mission to combine tradition with modernity, and to bring together China and the West. As a top university in Hong Kong and Asia, CUHK aims to nurture students with both specialized knowledge and wisdom for life. The beautiful 137.3-hectare campus, overlooking Tolo Harbour, is the largest and greenest in Hong Kong.

The Department of Economics, under Faculty of Social Science, is renowned for its strength in research on the Chinese economy, economic theory and labour economics. Faculty members in the Department have broad research interests, with particular emphasis in theory and economic issues arising in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and the Asia Pacific. They are actively collaborating with major institutions in China and overseas in various research projects.

The Department offers a wide range of qualitative and quantitative courses for students to choose from. The Department runs a comprehensive undergraduate program, a taught master program, as well as research M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs.