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NUS Business School
The Business School, National University of Singapore, invites submission for the Sixth Singapore International Conference on Finance (SICF) to be held at the National University of Singapore on 17th and 18th July 2012. SICF is an annual global conference created to bring together a selected group of scholars to discuss their research findings.
Submission and Selection Process
Papers in all fields of finance are welcome. Please do not submit papers that are currently under Revise and Resubmit at any journal (or Reject and Resubmit as is the case for some journals) or papers that are accepted for publication in any journal. Preference will be given to papers that have not been presented at any past AFA or WFA.
All papers will undergo a blind review process under the supervision of the Paper Review Committee. A decision will be made known to authors of all papers beginning from 30th April 2012 onwards.
Paper presenters may be requested to serve as discussants for other papers presented at the conference.
Please logon to Social Science Research Network (SSRN) dedicated website, http://hq.ssrn.com/conference=Singapore-2012 to submit your paper.
Paper Review Committee
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (University of California, Los Angeles), Charles Lee (Stanford University), David Denis (University of Pittsburgh), David Thesmar (HEC Paris), Gordon Phillips (University of Maryland), Guofu Zhou (Washington University), Jeffrey Pontiff (Boston College), Jun-Koo Kang (Nanyang Technological University), Kai Li (University of British Columbia), Kalok Chan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Kris Jacobs (University of Houston), Kumar Venkataraman (Southern Methodist University), Li Jin (Harvard Business School), Michael Lemmon (University of Utah), Neil Pearson (University of Illinois), Paolo Fulghieri (University of North Carolina), Randall Morck (University of Alberta), Robert Kimmel (EDHEC Business School), Ronald Masulis (University of New South Wales), Russell Wermers (University of Maryland), Tarun Chordia (Emory University), Thomas Noe (University of Oxford), Thomas Chemmanur (Boston College), Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University), Wayne Ferson (University of Southern California), Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University).
Keynote Speaker
Alexander Ljungqvist, Ira Rennert Chair of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Stern School of Business, NYU
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper will be selected by a review committee. The author of the Best Paper will receive USD2,500. This Award is sponsored by the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments, NUS Business School.
Financial Assistance
For paper presenters who require financial assistance, economy class airfare up to USD2,000 and up to 3 nights of hotel accommodation will be paid for by the conference organizer.
Deadline
The submission deadline is Tuesday, 25th January 2012, 3am Eastern Standard Time (North America).
SICF Organizing Committee
Anand Srinivasan (Department of Finance, NUS Business School)
David Reeb (Department of Finance, NUS Business School)
Joseph Cherian (Department of Finance and Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments, NUS Business School)
Robert Kimmel (EDHEC Business School)
Conference Secretariat
Chan Kok Tiong (Mr)
DID: 65-6516-4165
Fax: 65-6778-0390
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