Posted 10/23/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Darden School of Business at the
University of Virginia is pleased to announce the
9TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Presented in partnership with:
The Research Foundation of the CFA Institute
The International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank
The Darden School of Business
Charlottesville, Virginia
March 18-19, 2010
PROGRAM ORGANIZERS:
Stijn Claessens (IMF), Campbell Harvey (Duke), Rene Stulz
(Ohio State), Frank Warnock (Darden)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Yiorgos Allayannis (Darden), Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World
Bank), Mihir Desai (Harvard), Jessica Donohue (State
Street), Alexander Dyck (Toronto), Vihang Errunza (McGill),
Richard Evans (Darden), Mara Faccio (Purdue), John Griffin
(Texas), Allaudeen Hameed (National University of
Singapore), Andrew Karolyi (Cornell), Luc Laeven (IMF),
Rafael La Porta (Dartmouth), Christian Leuz (Chicago), Ross
Levine (Brown), Wei Li (Darden), Karl Lins (Utah), Marc
Lipson (Darden), Christian Lundblad (North Carolina), Peter
Maillet (UVA McIntire), Jonathan Morduch (NYU), Eli
Remolona (BIS), Peter Rodriguez (Darden), Michael Schill
(Darden), Sergio Schmukler (World Bank), David Smith (UVA
McIntire), Rodney Sullivan (CFA Institute), Bill Wilhelm
(UVA McIntire)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Simon Johnson (MIT)
CONFERENCE PURPOSE:
This 9th annual Darden International Finance Conference
seeks to address international issues concerning access to
capital. In all types of economies, households and firms
are at times constrained in their ability to attract
outside capital. The conference will explore country- and
borrower-specific traits that determine this ability, as
well as the impact of access to capital on firm performance
and household welfare. As in past years, we aim to bring
together a mix of academics and practitioners.
TOPICS:
We will entertain a wide range of topics for this
conference, but will seek clusters of work that complement
one another. Possible sessions could include, but are not
limited to, the following:
- Design of banking systems, capital markets, securities
exchanges, and financial regulatory frameworks
- Metrics for measuring access to capital and its impact on
firm performance or household welfare
- The menu of available financial instruments and its
impact on firms and households
- Capital market liberalization and financial development
- The roles of government and NGOs in access to capital
- The consequences of foreign involvement in financial
systems (through Sovereign Wealth Funds, cross-listings,
capital flows, or foreign ownership of banks)
- Risks and the internationalization of finance (crises,
contagion, and flight to quality; currency mismatches;
international funding of lending to SMEs)
- The consequences of limited access to capital during
financial crises
- Financial sector development and the business cycle
SUBMISSION AND SELECTION PROCESS:
The conference will consider only completed papers. The
conference website:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/EM
will be set up to accept electronic paper submissions,
through the "Online Paper Submission" link. Please fill the
submission form online, paste the abstract of your paper in
the appropriate text box, and upload your paper in PDF
format. The program committee will review these materials
and assemble sessions addressing similar substantive
issues.
DEADLINES:
Relevant dates for the submission process are as follows:
- Now through November 2, 2009: Submission of papers
- December 1, 2009: Notification by program committee of
accepted papers
- February 12, 2010: Submission of first draft of slides or
other materials for presentation
- March 5, 2010: Deadline for authors to submit final
versions of slides for presentation
Prior to the conference the full text of all accepted
abstracts and papers will be available on the web:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/EM
EXPENSES:
The conference will grant an honorarium of US$1,000 for
each paper accepted for presentation. The conference will
pay for reasonable travel expenses and will provide
accommodations for paper presenters and discussants (for
more details on travel reimbursement contact the
administrative liaison identified below). The conference is
open to invited guests only.
LOCATION:
The event will be held at the Darden School of Business,
100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia.
ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON:
CONTACT: Elizabeth Hupert
The Darden School of Business
P.O. Box 7186
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22906
Tel: 434-924-4835
Fax: 434-982-2833
Email: MAILTO:huperte@darden.virginia.edu