Call for Papers: CER Special Issue - 2025 CES Conferences

Toward a New Era: Globalization, Technological Change and Economic Transformation

Call for Papers

China Economic Review (CER) will publish a special issue following the 2025 Chinese Economists Society (CES) North American conference (in An Arbor, US) and the 2025 Annual conference (in Guangzhou, China). We welcome submissions about all topics focusing on China in the areas of economics and finance. Submissions are open to papers outside the two conferences, although the papers that have been presented in the above two conferences will be given a priority.

The original submission can be either English or Chinese, with final publication in English. For a conditionally accepted article in Chinese, the author(s) are responsible for translating the article into English before it is finally accepted by the editor for publication.

我们欢迎优秀中文文章投稿。文章正式接收后，将由作者翻译成英文发表。参加了留美经济学会北美年会和中国年会的文章将优先考虑。

China Economic Review invites submissions for a special issue themed “Toward a New Era: Globalization, Technological Change and Economic Transformation.” This initiative responds to today’s world, where globalization, technological innovation, and industrial chain structures are undergoing profound adjustments and restructuring.

Against the backdrop of sweeping global changes—including the reconfiguration of global value chains, the rise of digital and intelligent technologies (such as artificial intelligence, big data, and industrial robots), and urgent demands for economic restructuring amid challenges like climate change and regional development imbalances—the interplay between globalization, technological change, and economic transformation has become a core focus of academic and policy debates.

To explore in depth the key issues arising from these transformations and to exchange cutting-edge ideas, we hereby launch this call for papers and sincerely invite scholars and professionals worldwide to contribute their insights and expertise.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

·         New forms of globalization: The game and synergy between regionalization and globalization

·         The impact of globalization-technological interaction on key macroeconomic aggregates

·         AI and the New Productivity Paradox: Submissions could re-examine the Solow Paradox in the age of AI, empirically investigating the link between investment in artificial intelligence and the growth of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) at both the macroeconomic and firm levels.

·         Restructuring of industrial chains and reallocation of value driven by digital technology

·         Development or application of advanced econometric methods to identify causal effects of globalization-technological interaction

·         Supply chain resilience building and risk response strategies

·         The impact of industrial policies on industrial chain transformation

·         Labor mobility (cross-border, rural-urban, inter-sectoral) in the context of globalization and tech advancement

·         Macroeconomic Implications of AI on Labor Market Dynamics: This area invites research on the structural impacts of artificial intelligence on key labor market outcomes, including aggregate employment, the skill premium, wage inequality, and employment polarization.

·         The evolving role, opportunities, and challenges of developing economies in the global industrial chain

·         Evaluating the effect of factual and counterfactual policies under endogeneity and heterogeneity with observational data.

·         Individualized optimal policy design under big data.

·         Skill-biased technological change and globalization: Impacts on skill mismatch, wage inequality, and employment polarization

·         The application and impact of technological innovation (AI, automation, 3D printing, digital twins, etc.) in industrial chains

·         The effect of globalization and technological change on household behavior

·         Policies and practices for enhancing the modernization level of industrial and supply chains

·         Micro-level drivers of firms’ participation in globalization and adoption of new technologies

·         How small and medium-sized enterprises integrate into global innovation and industrial chain networks

·         Evaluations of China’s infrastructure projects.

·         Local fiscal challenges and impacts on the real economy.

·         Economic causes and consequences of demographic challenges, as well as the effectiveness of policies aimed at promoting fertility.

·         Digital Currencies and Monetary Policy Transmission: This topic focuses on the rise of private digital currencies, particularly stablecoins, and their implications for the efficacy of monetary policy transmission mechanisms, financial stability, and the design of central bank policy reaction functions.

Submission Guidelines

·         Submission window: 30 September 2025 – 31 December 2025

·         Submission portal: Authors should submit their manuscripts via Editorial Manager.

·         Submission type: Please select ‘VSI: Globalization, Innovation and Industrial Chain’ when choosing the article type.

·         Manuscript preparation: Submissions must follow the China Economic Review Guide for Authors.

All manuscripts will undergo a peer review process in accordance with the editorial policies of China Economic Review. The guest editors will conduct an initial review of each submission to assess its relevance to the special issue and its suitability for the journal in terms of quality and scope. Submissions not meeting these criteria may be declined without being sent for external review.

Papers deemed suitable will be forwarded for external peer review. Authors will receive feedback from reviewers and the guest editors. If revisions are requested, revised manuscripts will be re-evaluated before the Editor-in-Chief makes a final decision.

Accepted articles will be published on a rolling basis and featured collectively on a dedicated virtual special issue webpage.

Please note: China Economic Review charges a non-refundable submission fee of USD100. A reduced fee is available to members of the Chinese Economists Society.

Contact Information

For questions and inquiries related to the special issue, please contact:

Managing Guest Editor

Associate Professor Bing LI

Department of Economics

Lingnan College

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Email: libing57@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Guest Editor-in-Chief

Professor Susan Feng LU

Alan Hudson Chair in Health Policy

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management,

University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Yuanyuan WAN

Department of Economics

University of Toronto, Canada

Guest Editors

·         Feng DONG, Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China

·         Bing LI, Department of Economics, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, China (Managing Guest Editor)

·         Yuanyuan WAN, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, Canada

·         Ben ZOU, Daniels School of Business, Purdue University, US