APIOC 2026

The 2026 conference will be held at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, December 11 – 13.

Call for Papers

Please submit an abstract or paper via Editorial Express by September 1, 2026, at: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/APIOC2026/

Visit the APIOC 2026 conference website HERE.

 

 

Message from the APIOC 2026 Chair

Professor Paul Heidhues
DICE, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

The APIOC was established in 2016 to foster IO research and build the IO community of scholars in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. This year the conference will be held at Xiamen University in Xiamen, China, from December 11 – 13.

I am honoured to serve as the Program Chair, working with an excellent team of local organisers. I look forward to welcoming you in person at the conference.

Professor Paul Heidhues
Program Chair
DICE, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

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Keynote Speakers

Professor Julian Wright
National University of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses mainly on strategy and policy questions related to digital multi-sided platforms. Sectors he has focused on include app stores, payment platforms, online marketplaces, search and booking platforms, peer-to-peer lending, ride-hailing services, and AI. He is currently a co-editor of the RAND Journal of Economics.

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Professor Daniel Yi Xu
Duke University

David Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER, Productivity; International Trade and Investment; Development), a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Polity Research (CEPR, Climate Change and the Environment), a senior fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), a research affliate with International Growth Center (IGC).  He is currently a co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.

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Invited Empirical and Theory Speakers

Empirical Speakers

David Byrne – University of Melbourne

Kei Kawai – University of Tokyo

Ming Li – Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tong Li – Vanderbilt University

Tiffany Tsai – National University of Singapore

 

Theory Speakers

Yunan Li – City University of Hong Kong

Volker Nocke – University of Mannheim

Antonio Rosato – Deakin University

Frank Yang – Stanford University

Jidong Zhou – Yale University

Junjie Zhou – Tsinghua University

 

Local Organizing Committee

Xiqian Cai (Co-Chair)

Menghan Xu (Co-Chair)

Kai Li

Mengling Li

Nianqing Liu

Chao Ma

Zichang Wang

Jialiang Zhu

 

Organizing Committee

Paul Heidhues ( Program Chair) – DICE, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Xiqian Cai (Local Organizing Co-Chair) – Xiamen University

Menghan Xu (Local Organizing Co-Chair) – Xiamen University

David Byrne – University of Melbourne