About this edition
Keio University with financial support from KAKENHI-PROJECT-24H00014 will host the 16th annual Empirical Investigations in Trade and Investment conference in March 2027. Economists specializing in empirical international trade will present their current research. The mission of EITI is to connect researchers from North America and Europe with those in East and Southeast Asia as well as Australia, New Zealand, and South Asia.
Previous editions of the conference have included researchers at many different stages in their careers. The atmosphere is informal and lively, characterized by significant audience participation. We do not intend to publish the papers.
Organizers
Format
The conference will begin at 9am Thursday and will continue through noon on Saturday. We anticipate having up to 15 presentations spread over all day Thursday and Friday and Saturday morning. Each session will be an hour long, with 40 minutes going to the presentation, 10 minutes to the discussant, and the remaining time to be used for open discussion.
All participants are expected to attend all sessions on the three days of the conference
Travel and Miscellaneous Funding
Accommodations for all paper presenters except ones from the Tokyo area will be covered by organizers.
All international paper presenters will receive an airfare subsidy tentatively set at US$300 (after tax).
Submissions
Submission deadline: December 4, 2026.
Selections will be made and authors notified by January 9, 2027.