On September 21, 2020, HSE University - Perm will be hosting the VIII International Conference on Applied Research in Economics – iCare8 in Perm. The conference focuses on research that has applications to and implications for real-life problems. Hence the conference acronym reflects its motto — iCare = I care.
Keynote Speakers
Michael Koetter
Professor of Financial Economics at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and head of the Financial Markets department at Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) - Member of the Leibniz Association, Professor of International Financial and Monetary Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen (the Netherlands). He has a record of top publications in economics and finance, such as in the Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Finance, etc. Michael is the editor of Economics of Transition and an associate editor of the Journal of Financial Stability.
Michael Koetter presents:
“The 12 year post-Lehman Blues: bank, firm, and policy responses”
Conference Key Topics
We accept submissions on a wide range of subjects. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Empirical corporate finance
- Empirical industrial organization
- Experimental and behavioural economics and finance
- Labour economics
- International economics
- Economics of development
- Political economy
- Public economics and finance
- Environmental economics and management
- Management studies
- Management science
Special Sessions
Proposals for special sessions should be directed to the programme committee by email. Proposals should nominate a Session Chair (this may be one of the presenters), specify the topic of the special session (to be shown in the conference programme) and include at least three, but no more than five, papers for one session. Proposals of special sessions may include extended abstracts, instead of full drafts, of papers to be presented. Proposals will be evaluated as a whole, and the decision will be made to accept, or not, the whole session, not individual papers. The nominated chair and the presenters commit to attend the conference. Decisions on special sessions will be made on a rolling basis, before the official paper submission deadline.
Programme Committee

Professor of Finance, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK

Data Lead Team, Miro, USA; Associate Professor at School of Management, HSE University – Perm, Russia

Head of International Laboratory for Experimental and Behavioural Economics, Senior Research Fellow, International College of Economics and Finance, HSE University, Russia
Professor, University of Maryland, USA; Leading Research Fellow, HSE University – Perm, Russia

Professor in Finance, Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK

Professor of Empirical Macroeconomics, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Full Professor, Department of Management and Production Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Professor, University of Padova, Italy; Leading Research Fellow, HSE University, Russia
Research Fellow at International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy; Associate Professor at School of Economics and Finance, Academic Programme Supervisor “Finance”, HSE University – Perm, Russia
Deputy Head for International Laboratory of Intangible-Driven Economy; Associate Professor at School of Economics and Finance, HSE University – Perm, Russia
Registration Form
To register for the conference, please fill in the registration form.
Registration to the conference
Submission Details
Start date of submissions (full draft): February 1, 2020
End date for submissions: August 15, 2020
Authors who wish to participate in the conference should submit their paper electronically, in PDF format by registering at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icare8.
The paper is expected to include:
- literature review
- methodology
- data description (if applicable), and
- findings
Important Dates
Submissions open
All submissions close
Notification of decisions
Registration opens
Early bird registration closes
Organizing Committee

Head of Academic Support Office
ashtennikova@hse.ru
Associate Professor, Head of School of Management
Associate Professor, School of Management, Academic Programme Supervisor “SMART-Marketing: Data, Analytics, Insights”
Associate Professor at School of Economics and Finance, Head of Postgraduate Studies
Associate Professor, Head of School of Economics and Finance, Senior Research Fellow at International Laboratory of Intangible-driven Economy
Dean of Faculty of Economics, Management and Business Informatics
Deputy Director
Participation fee
Participation fee is abolished.
Conference Venue
The conference will take place in the main building of the Higher School of Economics in Perm.
HSE University – Perm, 38 Studencheskaya ulitsa, Perm, Russia
Visa Support
If you need to a visa to travel to Russia, your visa application will need to be accompanied by a formal letter of invitation, which HSE University – Perm will supply upon your registration as a conference participant. Please notify the organizing committee if you need a visa. To allow time for visa-related formalities, we need to have your notification no later than July 31, 2020.
Please send the following to Anna Shtennikova (ashtennikova@hse.ru):
- A legible scan of your national passport (the ID pages)
- The form attached -
Form
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Contacts
For questions, please contact Anna Shtennikova at ashtennikova@hse.ru or +7 (342) 254 56 22