The Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) announces the Fourth FIRS Finance Conference on issues related to financial intermediation, corporate finance, market microstructure, and asset pricing. The conference will be held May 27-29, 2009, in Prague.
Submissions are due Oct. 26, 2008. Authors will be notified by Feb. 9, 2009. Authors submitting papers should also indicate whether they are willing to act as discussants or program chairs. There is a $45 submission fee for submitting papers. The submission form is here.
Past conferences have been held in Capri, Italy, in Shanghai, China and in Anchorage, Alaska. The format resembles that of the Western Finance Association conferences, covering a broad range of topics in parallel sessions. The topics include banking, asset pricing, market microstructure, corporate finance, insurance, securitization and other intermediation related topics. Both theoretical and empirical papers will be presented. It is anticipated that most of the participants will be from universities, central banks, and international organizations. Participants will be responsible for covering their own expenses to attend the conference.
