Call for Papers
1st CSEF Conference on Finance and Labor

Capri, 26-27 August 2013

The Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) invites paper submissions on original ideas about the relationships between finance and labor.

TOPICS: Possible issues include, but are not limited to:
- role of employees in the governance and financing of companies,
- response of wages and employment to financial crises and company restructuring,
- risk sharing arrangements between firms and workers,
- financial development, job reallocation and employment growth,
- effects of regulation of labor and financial markets on industrial relations,
- human capital, portfolio choice and asset pricing.

The conference aims to bring together researchers from labor economics and financial economics in order to discuss the topic from the point of view of both disciplines. Submissions are open to members of the program committee.

Each paper will be assigned to a discussant. All participants are expected to stay during the entire conference, which begins with a reception on Sunday evening, August 25. The conference sessions will start on Monday morning, August 26, and will end on Tuesday afternoon, August 27.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Authors are invited to electronically submit papers (PDF format) by April 7, 2013. Each paper should contain an abstract and provide the author(s) full affiliation(s) and contact information. Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than April 30, 2013. Travel (economy fares) and accommodation (for the nights of August 25, 26 and 27) will be paid for speakers and discussants.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Effi Benmelech (Northwestern University)
Jonathan Berk (Stanford University)
Andrew Ellul (Indiana University)
Christian Julliard (London School of Economics)
Luigi Guiso (EIEF)
David Matsa (Northwestern University)
Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim)
Paige Parker Ouimet (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF and EIEF)
Giovanni Pica (University of Salerno and CSEF)
Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS and EIEF)
David Thesmar (HEC Paris)
Vikrant Vig (London Business School)
Paolo Volpin (London Business School)

FUNDING: The funding for this conference is provided by the ERC Advanced Grant 2011.
Grant no. 295709 - FINLAB awarded to Marco Pagano.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY to Ms. Stefania Maddaluno at csef@unina.it by April 7, 2013.