CALL FOR PAPERS


           THE FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION RESEARCH SOCIETY
                     ANNOUNCES A CONFERENCE ON


            BANKING, CORPORATE FINANCE, ASSET PRICING AND
                          INTERMEDIATION


                          June 7-9, 2010
                          Florence, Italy



     After four successful conferences (Capri 2004, Shanghai
     2006, Anchorage 2008, Prague 2009), FIRS is pleased to
     announce that the next conference will be held at the
     European University Institute in Florence on June 7-9,
     2010.



     OVERVIEW:


     The format resembles that of the Western Finance
     Association conferences, which cover a broad range of
     topics in parallel sessions. The topics will include
     banking, corporate finance, asset pricing, market
     microstructure, insurance, securitization and other topics.
     Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged. It is
     anticipated that most of the participants will be from
     universities, central banks, regulatory agencies, and
     international organizations.


     In addition to the regular sessions, there will be four
     special sessions on the Financial Crisis co-sponsored by
     the Journal of Financial Intermediation. Authors submitting
     to FIRS should indicate whether they want their paper
     considered for these JFI-FIRS special sessions and also
     whether they would like their paper considered for
     publication in a special issue of the JFI. Papers intending
     to submit to the journal will have a preference for being
     accepted at these special sessions and will have their JFI
     submission fees waived. Submissions not accepted in these
     special sessions will still be considered for a regular
     session.



     PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:


     The program co-chairs are:


     - Franklin Allen (University of Pennsylvania)
     - Elena Carletti (European University Institute)


     Papers will be blindly reviewed by a Program Committee
     consisting of leading researchers.



     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


     To submit a paper for possible presentation at the Florence
     conference, click the "Submission" link at:


            http://apps.olin.wustl.edu/firs/conference/2010


     Submission deadline:  October 25, 2009


     Submission fee: $45


     Please submit your paper in the form of an anonymous PDF
     file, which has removed the author information usually
     contained on a cover page, as well as Adobe's
     identification of the author.


     Authors will be notified of the Program Committee's
     decision by February 8, 2010.


     Individuals submitting papers ­ and their co-authors­are
     encouraged to indicate whether they are willing to act as
     discussants or session chairs.


     Details about FIRS can be found at:


            http://www.finirs.org


     The conference program and other information about the
     conference will be posted on this website as they become
     available.

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Posted 10/2/09