2012 Global Finance Conference - Chicago, IL, USA

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GLOBAL FINANCE ASSOCIATION
www.glofin.org

The 19th Annual

Global Finance Conference
Chicago, IL, USA - May 23-25, 2012
Call for Papers/Proposals
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 30, 2012

The Global Finance Association-Conference (GFA-GFC) shall continue its tradition of bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy makers to exchange and advance their scholarly findings. The theme of Conference is “Financial Crises, Systemic Risk & the Future of Capitalism.”

DePaul University is the host and Dr. Karim Pakravan shall serve as the 2012 GFC Program co-Chair. Palmer House-Hilton has agreed to offer deeply discounted rates of $149.00/night to the GFC attendees. Please make your reservation by May 5, 2012, by calling 1-877-865-5321 or online < http://www.hiltonfamilychicago.com> and do mention our Group Code: GFC. Please submit your papers or proposals electronically by January 30, 2012 in four (4) categories:
1. Competitive Papers: Complete paper submitted by deadline; considered the Best Paper Awards.
2. Work-in-Progress: Abstract submitted by the deadline; paper is to be completed by Conference date.
3. Proposal for Panel, Workshop, Tutorial.
4. Doctoral Students Papers: One of the top awards is for this category.
Please submit your paper or proposal electronically via the Global Finance Conference website. The first page shall contain the title, track identification and authors' name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone, and fax. The body of the paper shall not have any author identification and must begin with the title of the paper and abstract. Authors of accepted papers may submit a two- page detailed abstract for the 2012 GFC e-Proceedings. The top six papers presented at the Conference will be competitively awarded and would be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Global Fianance Journal. Kaufman Foundation has tentatively agreed to provide financial support of up to $1000 to scholars whose paper in Entrepreneurship has been accepted and presented at the 2012 GFC.

TOPICS

Asset Allocation/Country Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs
Banking & Financial Services/Investment Banking
Country Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance
Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation
Education/Curriculum/Distance learning
Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
Emerging Markets & Privatization
Ethics/Social Responsibility/Legal Issue
Financial Accounting, Regulation & Taxation
Financial Crises: Causes, Impacts, Solutions
Derivatives/Financial Engineering/Structured Finance

Financial Information Technology & Systems (FITS)
Foreign Currency Issue - Euro Zone Crisis
Global Imbalances & Sustainability
Interest-Free Banking/Islamic Finance
Market Behavior Efficiency/Inefficiency
Multinational Financial Management
Sovereign Debt - Euro Zone Financial Crisis
Market Integration and Interest Rates
The Future of Capitalism
Volatility Transmission & Risk Management
Valuation/Pricing/EVA & MVA
Working Capital & Treasury Management

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

KC. Chen
Ali Fatemi
Anthony Herbst
Karim Pakravan
Manuchehr Shahrokhi

Cal State Univ - Fresno
DePaul University
Univ. of Texas - EL
DePaul University
California Stat Univ.

Fresno, CA, USA
Chicago, IL, USA
El-Paso, TX, USA
Chicago, IL, USA
Fresno, CA, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

NAME	AFFILIATION	CITY, COUNTRY
Reena Aggarwal Manuek Rocha Armada Giovanni Barone-Adesi Elijah Brewer Huifang Cheng Krishnan Dandpani Prakash Dheeriya Cheol S. Eun Iraj Fooladi Michael Frankel Keith Gamble Dilip Ghosh Animesh Ghoshal Ulrich Hommel Ahmad Hosseini Bjom Johnson Shahriar Khaksari Yong Kim Tadeusz Kowalski Jose Liberti Arvind Mahajan Jamshid Mehran Ihlan Meric Austin Murphy G.N. Naidu Ehsan Nikbakht Edgar Ortiz James Owers Ali Parhizgari Sunil S. Poshakwale Ghon Rhee Yochanan Shachmurove Dirk Schiereck Adam Szyszka Ali R. Touranirad Gautam Vora Gordon Walker Jacky So Hart Will Demir Yener Yeomin Yoon	Georgetown University Universida de-do-Minho Institute of Finance, UNSI DePaul University Zhejiang Univ. of Technology Florida Int'l University Cal State University Georgia Institute of Technology Dalhousire University WHU Koblenz DePaul University - Chicago Gulf University-GUST DePaul University EBS Business School Gulf University - GUST DePaul University Suffolk University University of Cincinnati Poznan Univ. of Economics DePaul University Texas A&M Univ Indiana University Rowan University Oakland University Illinois State University Hofstra University UNAM Georgia State University Florida Int'l University Cranfield University Univ. of Hawaii City College - CUNY European Business School Poznan Univ. Econ Auckland Univ of Technology New Mexico State Univ. La Trobe University Univ of Macau University of Victoria USAID Seton Hall Univ.	Washington, DC, USA Braga, PORTUGAL Lugano, SWITZERLAND Chicago, IL, USA Hangzhou, China Miami, FL, USA Dominguez Hills, CA, USA Atlanta, GA, USA Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA Koblenz, GERMANY Chicago, IL, USA Kuwait, KUWAIT Chicago, IL, USA Wiesbaden, GERMANY Kuwait, KUWAIT Chicago, IL, USA Boston, MA, USA Cincinnati, OH, USA Poznan, POLAND Chicago, IL, USA College Park, TX, USA South Bend, IN, USA Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Rochester, MI, USA Atlanta, GA, USA Long Island, NY, USA Mexico City, MEXICO Atlanta, GA, USA Miami, FL, USA Cranfield, UK Honolulu, HI, USA New York, NY, USA Frankfurt, Germany Poznan, Poland Waikato, NEW ZEALAND New Mexico, USA Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Macau, CHINA Victoria, CANADA WASHINGTON, DC, USA New Jersey, USA

CONTACT INFORMATION

	Dr. Karim Pakravan GFC 2012 Program co-Chair Faculty of Finance DePaul University This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.			Dr. Manuchehr Shahrokhi {domain.address} This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.