CALL FOR PAPERS

2014 ASIAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION (AsianFA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE

June 24 – 27, 2014

Bali, Indonesia

The Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) invites submission of research papers in finance to the Association’s 2014 annual conference. The conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret (FEB UNS), Indonesia, during June 24 – 27, 2014. The conference provides an open platform for finance scholars worldwide to present their recent research and exchange ideas and information on new developments in finance research. We are planning a high-quality and competitive conference. The majority of the sessions will include papers selected through open competition. The papers will be double blind-reviewed by a committee of established researchers. In addition, there will be several invited sessions where leading researchers in different areas will be invited to present their latest work. There will also be several junior faculty workshops where junior faculty from different institutions will have an opportunity to present their work and senior researchers will be assigned to discuss the work.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

- Richard Roll, Anderson School, UCLA

- Kose John, Stern School, NYU

In their keynote addresses, the two keynote speakers will discuss the current status and future directions of research in their respective areas of interest: asset pricing (Roll) and corporate finance (John). The addresses are expected to offer valuable help and guidance to aspiring researchers. Besides the two keynote speakers, we expect a number of scholars of international standing to participate in the invited sessions.

TOPICS

Papers in all areas of finance are welcome, including corporate finance, asset pricing, market microstructure, behavioral finance, financial intermediation, financial crisis, international finance, emerging capital markets, and Islamic finance. Accepted papers are eligible for several categories of best paper awards. The awards in each category will be decided on by an Awards Committee of established researchers specially constituted for the purpose.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Paper status: only completed papers will be considered

Submission deadline:  March 15, 2014

Submission format:  a blind copy of the manuscript and a separate file for the cover page containing the paper title, the abstract and author information. PDF or MS-Word version only.

Submission site: http://hq.ssrn.com/conference=AsianFA-2014

Decision communication: April 30, 2014

CONFERENCE VENUE

Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center http://www.baliconventioncenter.com/

REGISTRATION & HOTEL

Registration and hotel booking information will be available shortly on the conference site http://conference.fe.uns.ac.id/. The conference hotel is the beautiful Nusa Dua Beach Hotel and Spa, adjoining the conference venue. The hotel site is http://www.nusaduahotel.com/

QUERIES

Please send mail to asianfa2014@gmail.com

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR

Professor Muhammad Agung Prabowo

Associate Dean

Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret (FEB UNS)

E-mail: muhagungprabowo@uns.ac.id

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Professor Chuan Yang Hwang

Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

E-mail: CYHwang@ntu.edu.sg

Professor Amine Tarazi

Professor of Economics & Director of Research Center, LAPE

Université de Limoges, France
Email: amine.tarazi@unilim.fr