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 6/8/09