Call for paper
Digital Intelligence Era and Micro-Level Behavioral Decision-Making
To thoroughly explore the profound impact of digital intelligence technologies on microeconomic individual decision-making behaviors and promote cutting-edge research and international exchange in related fields, the Department of Public Economics, School of Economics at Xiamen University, will hold the academic forum "Digital Intelligence Era and Micro-Level Behavioral Decision-Making" on October 25, 2025, in Xiamen, China. This forum is specially established as a sub-forum under the "First Forum on Fiscal Studies from the Perspective of Social Science." We sincerely invite scholars, researchers, and doctoral students from both China and abroad to actively submit papers and participate.
1. Forum Theme and Background
With the rapid development of digital intelligence technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain, the decision-making environments, information processing modes, and behavioral logic of micro-level individuals (including consumers, workers, enterprises, etc.) are undergoing unprecedented changes. This forum aims to bring together leading domestic and international scholars to jointly discuss new theories, empirical studies, and methodologies emerging from this transformation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Behavior
Big Data and Enterprise Decision-Making Optimization
Algorithmic Governance and the Platform Economy
Artificial Intelligence and Individual Decision-Making Behavior
Digital Transformation and High-Quality Development of State-Owned Enterprises
The Evolution of Behavioral Economics in the Digital Era
Public Policy Evaluation in the Digital Economy
2. Key Forum Information
Forum Date: October 25, 2025 (Saturday)
Venue: School of Economics, Xiamen University
Host Institutions: School of Economics, Xiamen University; Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics ,Xiamen University; The Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics ,Xiamen University
Organizer: Department of Public Economics, School of Economics, Xiamen University
Forum Website: https://conf.xmu.edu.cn/PublicFinance2025/
3. Publication Opportunity
This forum collaborates with the renowned international journal China Economic Review. High-quality papers selected by the forum's academic committee will be directly recommended for submission to the Special Issue established for this forum in China Economic Review and will proceed directly to the journal's external review process.
4. Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025
Notification of Paper Acceptance: October 23, 2025
Forum Date: October 25, 2025
5. Submission Guidelines
Papers must be original, unpublished academic work. Submissions should be primarily in English.
Authors must upload the full paper in PDF format via the "Paper Submission" section on the forum website: https://conf.xmu.edu.cn/PublicFinance2025/. Please use the email subject line: "Digital Intelligence & Micro-Decision Forum Submission - Author Name(s)" if applicable (note: submission is via website).
The first page of the paper must include author information (Name, Affiliation, Title/Position, Contact Details). Please ensure this information is removed from the main body of the paper for blind review.
6. Contact Information
For any inquiries, please contact the forum organizing committee via:
Support for Participants: There is no conference fee. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Guest Editors
· Yi LU, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
· Xiaobing WANG, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
· Zhikuo LIU, China Center for Economic Studies, School of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
· Xiqian Cai, Institute of Economics, School of Economics, School of Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
· Keyang LI, School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
