CALL FOR PAPERS

             THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ASIA-PACIFIC
                FINANCIAL MARKETS (CAFM) OF THE KOREAN
                     SECURITIES ASSOCIATION (KSA)

                             Seoul, Korea
                           December 5, 2009


      Korea Securities Association (KSA), the oldest and largest
      academic organization of finance scholars and practitioners
      in Korea, invites interested scholars, practitioners, and
      policy-makers to submit research papers for presentation at
      its fourth international conference. Both theoretical and
      empirical research papers in all areas of finance are
      welcome.


      KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

      The keynote speaker for the fourth CAFM will be Professor
      Rene Stulz (Ohio State University), an Advisory Editor of
      the Journal of Financial Economics. The programs of the
      previous conferences can be accessed at the following
      website:

               http://www.apjfs.org/international/cafm.asp


      ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION:

      Papers written in English must be submitted via e-mail to:

      Email:         MAILTO:cafm2009@gmail.com

      by August 31, 2009, using MS Word or Adobe pdf file format.
      The submitted papers will be reviewed for selection by the
      review committee in a double-blind referee process. The
      results will be notified via e-mail by September 30, 2009.
      All submitted manuscripts must be original work that is not
      under submission at another journal or under consideration
      for publication in another form, such as monograph or
      chapter of a book.


      BEST PAPER AWARDS:

      Competitive research awards of US$2,000 will be given to
      each of the eight best papers. The awarded paper must be
      presented by one of the authors in the CAFM and will be
      invited to publish in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial
      Studies (APJFS), which is the only SSCI-listed finance
      journal in Asia. The sponsors of the best paper awards are
      as follows:

      Daishin Securities Co., Ltd.
      Goodmorning Shinhan Securities Co., Ltd.
      Hana Daetoo Securities Co., Ltd.
      Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.
      Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd.
      Samsung Securities Co., Ltd.
      The Korea Development Bank
      Woori Investments & Securities Co., Ltd.


      PAPER STYLE:

      All papers must be accompanied by an abstract of a maximum
      of 200 words. The cover page of the paper should contain
      the paper title, the author's name, affiliation, address,
      phone number, and e-mail address. The second page should
      contain the paper title and the abstract only.


      FURTHER INFORMATION:

      For additional information, please contact one of us:

      CONTACT:       Dongcheol Kim, Ph.D.
                     President of the KSA
      Email:         MAILTO:kimdc@korea.ac.kr
                     Korea University

      CONTACT:       J.B. (Jong-Bom) Chay, Ph.D.
                     Chair of the Program and Review Committee
      Email:         MAILTO:jbchay@skku.edu
                     Sungkyunkwan University




Posted 5/4/09