WORLD FINANCE & BANKING SYMPOSIUM (CALL FOR PAPERS)

Andrei Kirilenko

Professor of Finance

Cambridge Judge Business Schooll

University of Cambridge

Sascha Steffen

Professor of Finance

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

www.world-finance-conference.com

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Frank Allen – Wharton University of Pennsylvania

Andrew Karolyi – Cornell University

René M. Stulz – Ohio State University

Richard Brealey– London Business School

Jay Ritter – University of Florida

Eduardo Schwartz – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Jerome Detemple – Boston University

Jonathan Karpoff – University of Washington

Bhagwan Chowdhry – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Raman Uppal – London Business School

Michael Brennan – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Anjan Thakor – Washington University

Julian Franks – London Business School

Don Chance – Lousiana State University

Henrik Cronqvist – University of Miami

Christopher Polk – London School of Economics

Ian Cooper – London Business School

Douglas Breeden – Duke University

Harjoat Bhamra – Imperial College of London

Joseph P H fan – Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ronald Masulis – Australian School of Business

Jun-Koo Kang – Nanyang Business School

Francesca Cornelli – London Business School

Marcin Kacperczyk – Imperial College of London

Rene Garcia – EDHEC Business School

Tan Wang – Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

Tarun Ramadorai – Imperial College of London

Tim Jenkinson – Said Business School – Oxford University

Tom Smith – University of Queensland Business School

Wayne Ferson – Marshall School of Business

Lloyd P Blenman – University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Carlos P Maquieira – Universidad Autonoma do Chile

Carlos Pombo – Universidad de los Andes

Christian Wolff – University of Luxembourg, Luxemburg

Cynthia J Campbell – Iowa State University, USA

Pablo Fernandez – IESE Business School, Spain

David Ding – Massey University, New Zealand

Dilip K Ghosh – James Madison University, USA

Fariborz Moshirian – University of New South Wales, Australia

Finn Ostrup – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Giorgio Valente – City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Gonzalo Cortazar – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile

Hideaki Kato – Nagoya University, Japan

Huining Henry Cao – Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China

Michela Verardo – London School of Economics, United kingdom

Ike Mathur – Southern Illinois University, USA

James R Lothian – Fordham University, USA

Lars Oxelheim – Lund University, Sweden and University of Agder, Norway

Lorenzo Preve – IAE Business School, Argentina

Mohamed Ariff – Bond University, Australia

Nicholas Apergis – University of Piraeus, Greece

Nils H. Hakansson – Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Paul B McGuinness – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Guido Mantovani – Ca Foscari University, Italy

Robert Faff – Monash University, Australia

Almir Ferreira de Sousa – São Paulo University, Brazil

Ghon Rhee – University of Hawaii, USA

Sankar De – Shiv Nadar University, India

Usah Mittoo – University of Manitoba, Canada

Yong H Kim – University of Cincinnati, USA

Guido Mantovani – Ca´ Foscari University, Italy

Allaudeen Hameed – National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, Singapore

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

A. Seddik Meziani-Montclair State University

Aaron Gilbert-Auckland University of Technology

Abdul Alhassan-University of Cape Town

Abdullah Iqbal– Kent Business School

Abhijeet Chandra – Indian Institute of Technology

Abul Shamsuddin – University of Newcastle

Adam Kolasinski – Texas A&M University

Adrian Lee – University of Technology Sydney

Alan Wong – Asia University

Alberto Asquer – SOAS University of London

Alexander Wagner – University of Zurich

Alireza Tourani-Rad – Auckland University of Technology

Amit Mittal – Indian Institute of Management

Amitabh Gupta – University of Delhi

Ana Sofia Afonso – Bank of Portugal

Ana-Maria Fuertes – Cass Business School

Anandi Banerjee – Queens University

Andrea Buraschi – Imperial College London

Andreas Savvides – Cyprus University of Technology

Andreas Tsopanakis – Cardiff University

Andreea Mitrache – Toulouse Business School

Andrei Semenov – York University

Andres Schneider – Federal Reserve Board

Andrew Marshall – University of Strathclyde

Andrew Worthington – Griffith University

Angeline Chua – RMIT University

Angie Andrikogiannopoulou – University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute

Angie Low – Nanyang Technological University

Ania Zalewska – University of Bath

Anna Bialek-Jaworska – University of Warsaw

Ansgar Belke – University of Duisburg-Essen and CEPS Brussels

Anya Kleymenova – University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Arie E. Gozluklu – University of Warwick

Arif Khurshed – University of Manchester

Arif Khurshed – Alliance Manchester Business School

Ashwini Agrawal – London School of Economics

Asli Demirguc – KuntWorld Bank

Athanasios Panagopoulos – University of Macedonia

Athanasios Pantelous – University of Liverpool

Atsuji Ohara – University of Nagasaki

Attila Balogh – University of Sydney Business School

Aurea Marques – European Central Bank

Avi Wohl – Tel Aviv University

Bahattin Buyuksahin – Bank of Canada

Bang Jeon – Drexel University

Barbara Rindi – Bocconi University

Beatriz Mariano – Cass Business School

Benjamin Wright – University of Sydney

Berardino Palazzo – Boston University

Bernard Cornet – University of Kansas and Paris School of Economics

Boda Kang – University of York

Bogdan Stacescu – BI Norwegian Business School

Bong-Chan Kho – Seoul National University

Brahim Saadouni – University of Manchester

Brice Dupoyet – Florida International University

Bruno Gerard – BI Norwegian Business School

Carlo Gallimberti – Boston College

Catherine Bruneau-Chassefière – University Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne

Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti – University of South Australia

Changhua Yu – Peking University

Charlotte Ostergaard – BI Norwegian Business School

Ching-Chang Wang -Southern – Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Christa Hangl – University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

Christian Ewald – University of Glasgow

Christian R Flor – University of Southern Denmark

Christian Schlag – Goethe University Frankfurt

Christian Wolff – University of Luxembourg

Christophe Volonté – University of Basel

Chun Yu Mak – University of Birmingham

Chunbo Liu – Norwegian School of Economics

Chyanda Querido – Bank of America

Claudia Girardone – University of Essex

Claudia Williamson – Mississippi State University

Claudio Morana – University of Milan-Bicocca

Claudio Tebaldi – University Bocconi

Constantin Mellios – University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Craig Brown – National University of Singapore

Cuong Nguyen – Lincoln University

Daniele Bianchi – Warwick Business School

Danling Jiang – Florida State University

Darwin Choi – Chinese University of Hong Kong

David Burnie – Western michigan University

David Ding – Singapore Management University

David Feldman – University of New South Wales

David Nanigian – California State University

Davide Mare – University of Edinburgh Business School

Denis Gorea – Bank of Canada

Devrim Yaman – Western Michigan University

Dimitrios Tsomocos – University of Oxford

Dirk Hackbarth – Boston University

Donald Keim – Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Dong Lou – London School of Economics

Dongcheol Kim – Korea University Business School

Pradiptarathi Panda – National Institute of Securities Markets

Elena Goldman – Pace University

Eleni Dendrinou-Louri – Athens University of Economics and Business

Elton Casagrande – São Paulo State Universtity

Elvira Sojli – UNSW Business School

Elvis Jarnecic – University of Sydney

Elzbieta Malinowska-Misiag – Warsaw School of Economics

Enrichetta Ravina – Columbia Business School

Evangelos Nanos – University of Glasgow

Evgeny Lyandres – Boston University

Evren Örs – HEC Paris

Ewa Kosycarz – Warsaw School of Economics

Fabio Moneta – Queen’s University

Federica Teppa – De Nederlandsche Bank

Felix Kubler – University of Zurich/ Swiss Finance Institute

Fernando Diaz – Universidad Diego Portales

Francesca Zucchi – Federal Reserve Board

Francesco Rocciolo – University of Reading

Frederiek Schoubben – KU Leuven

Fulvio Pegoraro – Banque de France

G. Charles-Cadogan – University of Leicester

Gabriel Power – Université Laval

Gaiyan Zhang – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Gary John Rangel – Universiti Sains Malaysia

Gennaro Bernile – Singapore Management University

George Skiadopoulos – Queen Mary University of London

Georgios Skoulakis – University of British Columbia

Gi Kim – University of Warwick

Gianluca Mattarocci – University of Rome Tor Vergata

Gicha Tsai – Asia University

Gil Cohen – Academic College

Gino Cenedese – Bank of England

Greg Nini – Drexel University

Gregory Bauer – Bank of Canada

Guillaume Andrieu – Montpellier Business School

Guldem Gokcek – New York University & University of Liverpool

Guneratne Wickremasinghe – Victoria University

Gunnar Grass – HEC Montréal

Gunter Dufey – University of Michigan

Gurdip Bakshi – University of Maryland

Gustavo Schwenkler – Boston University

Hadiye Aslan – Georgia State University

Hamza Bahaji – University of Paris Dauphine

Hanwool Jang – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Hardjo Koerniadi – AUT University

Harjeet Bhabra – Concordia University

Helen Wong – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Henning Schroeder – University of Hamburg

Henry Leung – Sydney University

Hitesh Doshi – University of Houston

Hojong Shin – California State University

Holly Yang – Singapore Management University

Hong Bo – SOAS, University of London

Hong Zhang – PBC School of Finance

Hongjun Yan – DePaul University

Hua Shang – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Ihsan Badshah – Auckland University of Technology

Ilias Filippou – Warwick Business School

Ines Chaieb – University of Geneva

Ioannis Ganoulis – European Central Bank

Iordanis Eleftheriadis – University of Macedonia

Irina Zviadadze – Swedish House of Finance

Ivan Shaliastovich – University of Wisonsin – Madison

Izidin El Kalak – Cardiff University

Jack Strauss Strauss – University of Denver

Jai Prakash Sharma – Delhi University

Jaime Campos Gutierrez – Universidad de Santiago de Chile

James Thewissen – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

James Yae – University of Houston

Jan Bartholdy– Aarhus University

Jan Bena – University of British Columbia

Jang Schiltz – University of Luxembourg

Jannine Poletti-Hughes – University of Liverpool

Javier Garcia Sanchez – IAE Business School

Javier Villar Burke – European Commission and University of Santiago de Compostela

Jayant Kale – Northeastern University

Jerome Detemple – Boston University Questrom School of Business

Jess Diamond – Hosei University

Ji (George) Wu – Massey University

Ji Wu – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Jian Wu – Neoma Business School

Jian zhang – National Uiniversity of Singapore

Jinfei Sheng – University of British Columbia

Jocelyn Grira – United Arab Emirates University

Jocelyn Martel – ESSEC Business School

Joel Barber – Florida International University

Johan Knif – Hanken School of Economics

John Nofsinger – University of Alaska Anchorage

John Wingender – Creighton University

Jose Liberti – Northwestern University

Jun Chen – Auckland Univesity of Technology

Junye Li – ESSEC business school

Kazuo Yamada – Nagasaki University

Justin Birru – The Ohio State University

Kalle Rinne – Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Karl Schmedders – University Zurich

Katrin Gottschalk – Auckland University of Technology

Katsiaryna Svirydzenka – International Monetary Fund

Katsunari Yamaguchi– Ibbotson Associates Japan

Kavita Goel – Australian Institute of Business

Kazuo Yamada – Ritsumeikan Universiity

Kent Matthews – Cardiff Busines School

Kesseven Padachi – University of Tehcnology, Mauritius

Ki Young Park – Yonsei University

Kiran Odit-Dookhan – University of Technology, Mauritius

Konstantin Kosenko – Bank of Israel

Krzysztof Jackowicz – Kozminski University

Laurence Booth – Rotman School of Management

Laurence Lescourret – ESSEC Business School

Lawrence Kryzanowski – Concordia University

Lawrence White – Stern School of Business, NYU

Lei Jiang – Tsinghua University

Lei Mao – University of Warwick

Liang Guo – California State University

Lifeng Gu – University of Hong Kong

Lihui Tian – Institute of Finance & Development at Nankai University

Lilly Huang – Durham University Business School

Linda Larsen – Copenhagen Business School

Liyi Zheng – Univesrsity of Bristol

Lora Dimitrova – University of Exeter

Lorenzo Dal Maso – ESSEC Business School

Lorenzo Preve – IAE Business School

Lorne Switzer – Concordia University

Lu Liu – Lund University

Lucia Morales – Dublin Institute of Technology

Lung-fu Chang – National Taipei University of Business

Malgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska – Warsaw School of Economics

Mai Vu – The University of Auckland

Manuel Rocha Armada – University of Minho

Mao-Wei Hung – National Taiwan University

Marinela Finta -Singapore Management University

Mario di Filippo – Banque de France

Mark Mietzner – Zepplin University

Marzio Bassanin – Bank of England

Massimo Guidolin – Bocconi University

Matthijs Lof – Aalto University School of Business

Maximiliano Gonzalez – INALDE Business School

Meziane Lasfer – Cass Business School

Michał Dzieliński – Stockholm University

Michael Gallmeyer – University of Virginia

Mieszko Mazur – IESEG School of Management

Mihir Dash – Alliance University

Mikhail V. Oet – Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Mikko Makinen – Bank of Finland

Milena Petrova – Bocconi University

Milos Vulanovic – Edhec Business School

Ming Chen – Xiamen University

Mira Farka – California State University-Fullerton

Miroslav Mateev – American University in Bulgaria

Mo Chaudhury – McGill University

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