:: Call for Papers

The Portuguese Finance Network (PFN) is proud to announce its 6^th Finance Conference in Azores, Portugal from 1^st to 3^rd July 2010. The conference is organized by the Department of Management and Economics and CEEAplA from the University of the Azores.

Prof. Stewart Myers from Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be the Keynote Speaker of the conference and will give a lecture entitled “How to Think About Corporate Governance”.

RESEARCH PAPERS: Authors are invited to participate in the PFN 2010 Finance Conference and submit papers in all areas of finance. These areas include: Corporate Finance; International Asset Market Structures; Financial Regulation and Liberalization; Financial Bubbles; Microstructure of Developed and Emerging Markets for all Asset Classes; Linkages Between Stock and Foreign Exchange Markets; Foreign Exchange Market Arbitrage; Extremes and Value at Risk; International Portfolio Management and Pricing Models; International Regulation and Performance of Financial Institutions and Money Managers; The Role of Information in Financial Decisions; International Capital Structure Issues for Firms; Initial and Seasoned Public Offerings and Equity Restructuring; Investment Banking and Issuing of Corporate Securities; Financial Reporting, Financial Accounting Mergers, Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring and Takeover Defences; Corporate Ownership, Control, Governance and Compensation and Firm Performance; Cost of Bankruptcy and Financial Distress; Macro Finance, including Inflation and Monetary Policy; Micro Finance; The Term Structure of Interest Rates; Real Options; Behavioural Finance.

PUBLICATION: Authors are warmly invited to submit their papers to The European Journal of Finance, which will publish in 2010 a selection of articles presented at the conference.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically (MS Word or PDF format) by clicking on PAPER SUBMISSSION. The first page of the paper should contain the title; name of the author(s), address, telephone, fax numbers and E-mail addresses. Please indicate in your cover letter whether you would be willing to serve as a session chair and/or discussant. All submitted papers must include an abstract explaining the contribution of the paper.

PAPER SUBMISSION (click here)

DEADLINE: The deadline for papers is March 12^th 2010. Authors will be notified of the decision by 7^th May.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Please refer to the conference website http://www.pfn2010.org

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Gualter Couto (Chair) Pedro Pimentel and Mário Fortuna (Co-Chairs)

CONFERENCE LOCATION: Department of Management and Economics from the University of the Azores, Rua Mãe de Deus, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel Azores.

SOCIAL PROGRAM: TBA

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Relevant information about Registration, Travel Arrangements and Hotels is on the conference website http://www.pfn2010.org.

CONTACTS: Please address any questions by e-mail to pfn2010@uac.pt, or contact the conference organisers at TEL: (+351) 296 650 087; FAX: (+351) 296 650 083.