CALL FOR PAPER


            XVIII INTERNATIONAL TOR VERGATA CONFERENCE
                  ON MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCE


                        December 2-4, 2009


                       ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
        Michele Bagella, Leonardo Becchetti, Iftekhar Hasan


                       SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
        Michele Bagella, Leonardo Becchetti, Iftekhar Hasan,
          Gerald P. Dwyer Jr., James R. Lothian, Fabrizio
        Mattesini, Luigi Paganetto, Gustavo Piga, Anthony M.
               Santomero, Giorgio Szegoe, Paul Wachtel



     The Conference is organized by Faculty of Economics and
     Fondazione CEIS-ECONOMIA - Jointly with the Lally School of
     Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
     and will take place at the University of Roma "Tor
     Vergata", Faculty of Economics.



     TOPICS:


     Contributions on the following fields are welcome:


     I.    International Financial Markets Stability
     II.   Banking System and the Crisis
     III.  Bond Issue and Debt Management
     IV.   Monetary Policy and Markets Integration
     V.    Money, Finance, and Life Satisfaction
     VI.   Corporate Governance and Financial Turmoil
     VII.  Sovereign Bond, Private Equity and Venture Capital
     VIII. Microfinance
     IX.   YES - Young Economist Session



     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


     The conference welcomes contributions by young economists
     (only for currently enrolled PhD student as of Deadline
     submission). Selected papers will be discussed in a special
     session by members of the Organizing Committee. A monetary
     award of Euro 500 will be given to the best YES paper.


     Interested scholars should register as new web user and
     follow the procedure. See:


     http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/mbf/registrazione_utente.php?p=7
                              and
     http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/mbf/sarea.php?p=7&sa=72


     Deadline for submissions is October 2, 2009.



     FURTHER INFORMATION:


     There is a Euro 100 conference registration fee for
     participants to cover transportations from the Hotel in
     Rome, meals during the coffee, and lunch breaks for the
     three conference days. Conference dinner tickets are
     available for an additional Euro 80.


     For any additional information please contact the
     organizing committee:


     Email:         MAILTO:XVIIIConference@economia.uniroma2.it


     or contact Professor Michele Bagella and/or Professor
     Iftekhar Hasan, at:


     CONTACT:       Prof. Michele Bagella
                    Facolta di Economia
                    University of Rome Tor Vergata
                    Via Columbia, 2 - 00133
                    ROMA - ITALY
     Email:         MAILTO:bagella@economia.uniroma2.it


     CONTACT:       Prof. Iftekhar Hasan
                    Lally School of Management
                    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
     Email:         MAILTO:hasan@rpi.edu

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Posted 8/13/09