16th APCC

16th Australasian Public Choice Conference

Organised By

Department of Economics, Deakin University

We are pleased to announce that the 16th Australasian Public Choice Conference (APCC) will be held at Deakin University on 20th and 21st November 2025.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite papers from academics, researchers, and graduate students in areas related to public choice and political economy, including their applications to fields such as economic development, macroeconomics, environmental economics, international trade, health economics, gender economics, behavioural economics, and others. The papers can be theoretical, empirical, or experimental.

Authors are encouraged to submit a complete paper or an extended abstract along with a title, names of all authors, affiliation, and contact information of the corresponding author. Email submissions to sundar.ponnusamy@deakin.edu.au with 'Submission to 16th APCC' in the subject line.

The deadline for submission is 31st August 2025 (revised due date) .

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Jessica Pan

Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

Professor Jessica Pan is Vice Provost (Graduate Education) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also Dean of NUS Graduate School (NUSGS). A labour economist by training, Prof Pan is highly recognised for her research on applied topics in gender, education, and immigration. Prof Pan currently serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. She is also Secretary (President-designate) of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labor Economics.

Prof. Richard Holden

Business School, University of New South Wales

Professor Richard Holden is Scientia Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School, Director of the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics, and President Emeritus of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. His research focuses on contract theory, organizational economics, law and economics, and political economy. Professor Holden has published in top economics and general interest journals and currently serves as the editor of the Journal of Law and Economics.