Sydney, Australia
Wednesday 16 December - Friday 18 December, 2009
Call for Papers
The School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business is pleased to launch the 2009 annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference and would like to invite all academics and practitioners to participate. The conference is the most prestigious finance conference in the Asia-Pacific region, and brings together the world's foremost leaders of thought from the financial community.
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Deadlines
Put these dates in your diaries!
| Monday 24 August 2009 |
Submission Deadline |
| Mid-Late September |
Review Decisions |
| Friday 16 October 2009 |
Early bird registration cut-off. Register before this date for reduced rate |
| Tuesday 10 November 2009 |
Registration deadline for accepted authors. Authors who want their paper to be included in the schedule of the conference must have finalised and paid for their registration by this date. |
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Delegates wishing to attend but not participate may register until the conference date |
| Tuesday 10 November 2009 |
Changes to SSRN submission. Final paper version must be uploaded, as well as any changes to name/affiliations of authors.Information will appear in the program as it appears on SSRN at this date |
| Friday 13 November 2009 |
Deadline for withdrawal of papers from the conference program.
Authors who withdraw their papers before this date will be subject to the normal terms and conditions regarding refund. From 13 November, there will be nil reimbursement for papers withdrawn. |
Keynote Speakers
The conference is proud to welcome the following keynote speakers who will give adresses over the duration of the three day event:
Mr Jim Adams - Vice-President of the World Bank
Professor Douglas Diamond - The University of Chicago
Professor Matthew Spiegel - Yale Unviersity
Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam - UCLA
Journals and Prizes for presented papers
- Journal of Banking and Finance
A special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance on “Global Financial Crisis , Financial Globalisation and Financial Markets
Integration” will include selected papers presented at the
22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference.
Authors who are pre-selected will be notified of the
appropriate procedure for inclusion.
- Barclay’s Global Investors Australia Research Award
AUD$10,000 will be awarded for the best paper presented
on Capital Markets/Funds Management/Mutual Funds.
- BankScope Prize AUD$2,500 will be awarded for the best paper in Banking.
Authors whose institutions subscribe to BankScope data
are eligible.
- SIRCA Research Prize
AUD$2,500 will be awarded for the best paper which has
used SIRCA Data (this includes ASX, SFE, Reuters,
Morningstar and Aspect Financial data). Note: use of
SIRCA data must be acknowledged in the paper.
- Australian Securities Exchange Prize
Awarded for the best paper presented
on derivatives/quantitative finance.
Submissions
Deadline for submission: 24 August 2009
To submit or modify details of an existing submission or to volunteer as a chairperson click here.
- One submission per person
Only one presentation may be made per person. If you have submitted more than one paper please ensure that should this paper be accepted by the selection committee for presentation, a co-author is available and willing to present the paper at the conference.
- Discussants
All papers presented at the conference will be discussed. In turn, all authors accepted for presentation must discuss a paper. We thank you in advance for your willingness to share your opinions and expertise, and furnish the growth of your fellow delegate's research. Further information and discussant instructions will be provided at a later date.
- Conference Proceedings
Only papers that are accepted and presented at the 22nd AFBC conference may be included in Conference Proceedings.
SSRN produces online post conference proceedings that are sent to all FEN subscribers. If you wish to be included in these proceedings, your paper must be available for public view on SSRN.
Optional inclusion in Independent Conference Proceedings as per paper submission.
- Selection Committee
The Chairman of the Selection Committee is Fariborz Moshirian from UNSW. Members of the Selection Committee include:
Allen Berger |
The Federal Reserve Board |
Michael Brennan |
University of California LA |
Stijn Claessens |
International Monetary Fund |
J David Cummins |
Temple University |
Asli Demirguc-Kunt |
World Bank |
Mark Flannery |
University of Florida |
Kenneth French |
Dartmouth University |
| Steven Kaplan |
The University of Chicago |
| Andrew Karolyi |
Cornell University |
Larry H. P. Lang |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Florencio Lopez De Silanes |
EDHEC Business School |
Ike Mathur |
Southern Illinois University |
Ronald Masulis |
Vanderbilt University |
| Maureen O'Hara |
Cornell University |
Jay Ritter |
University of Florida |
Richard Roll |
UCLA |
Anthony Saunders |
New York University |
| Henri Servaes |
London Business School |
| Andrei Shleifer |
Harvard University |
Tom Smith |
Australian National University |
Bruno Solnik |
HEC School of Management |
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam |
UCLA |
Paul Wachtel |
New York University |
Registration
Registration is now open. To register or for further registration instructions please click here.
| Conference Fees |
| Early Bird Fee (payment received before Friday 16 October 2009) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$750 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$600 (incls GST/VAT) |
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| Full Fee (payment received after Friday 16 October 2009) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$800 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$650 (incls GST/VAT) |
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Presenting authors must be registered by Tuesday 10 November to facilitate scheduling
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| Additional guest ticket to the conference dinner AUD$140 each |
Conference Venue
The 22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney.
Shangri-La Hotel
176 Cumberland Street
The Rocks, Sydney
NSW 2000 Australia
To make a reservation at the Shangri-La for the conference period, you can do so under the AFBC group accomodation block available here.
For further information on the Shangri-La Hotel please visit their website
Further Enquiries
For any further information or questions email: Conference Administration
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