Sydney, Australia
Wednesday 15 December - Friday 17 December, 2010
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Call for Papers
The Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, which will converge in Sydney in December 2010, provides international academics and industry with the opportunity to meet and share their research and interest in finance related fields. The School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business is pleased to launch the 2010 annual AFBC 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.
View Call for Papers
Deadlines
Put these dates in your diaries!
| Monday 23 August 2010 |
Submission Deadline |
| Mid-Late September |
Review Decisions |
| Moday 11 October 2010 |
Early bird registration cut-off. Register before this date for reduced rate |
| Monday 8 November 2010 |
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 not presenting papers may register until the conference date |
| Monday 8 November 2010 |
Final revisions to paper submission on SSRN due. Final paper version must be uploaded, as well as any changes to name/affiliations of authors. Information will be extracted from SSRN on this date for use in the program. |
Submissions
Submissions for the 23rd AFBC will open shortly. Once the online submission site is up and running, a link to it will be posted here. All authors wishing to submit their research for consideration in the conference must do so via the link on this webpage. Authors should not send their papers via email. Further submission details below.
Submissions close 23 August 2010
- One submission per person
Only one presentation may be made per person. Authors submitting more than one paper should ensure a co-author is available and willing to to present the paper at the conference should it be accepted for presentation.
- Discussants
All papers presented at the conference will be discussed and in turn, all authors accepted for presentation are asked to discuss a paper. A submission to the conference indicates an acceptance of this condition. Your willingness to act as a discussant provides invaluable feedback to another author, whilst your own research will be similarly benefited through the shared opinions and expertise of others.
- 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.
- 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 |
Journals and Prizes
Only papers presented at the conference are eligible for prizes. Authors will be prompted for their prize preferences on the first submission screen. Authors who wish to be considered for prizes or journal inclusion must specify so during their initial submission. Prizes will be judged based on the paper version available at the submission deadline. Subsequent paper revisions, or later changes to prize choices will not be considered.
- Journal of Banking and Finance
A special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance on “Global Financial Crisis: Markets, Institutions and Corporate Governance” will include selected papers presented at the 23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. Authors who are pre-selected will be notified of the appropriate procedure for inclusion.
- BlackRock 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.
Registration
Registration will be available online by mid-year.
| Conference Fees |
| Early Bird Fee (payment received before Monday 11 October 2010) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$750 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$600 (incls GST/VAT) |
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| Full Fee (payment received after Monday 11 October 2010) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$800 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$650 (incls GST/VAT) |
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Presenting authors must be registered by Monday 8 November to facilitate scheduling
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| Additional guest ticket to the conference dinner AUD$140 each |
Conference Venue
The 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. Email the Conference Administrator for more details. 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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