Call For Papers:
2012 China International Conference in Finance

July 9-12, 2012, Chongqing, China

ORGANIZERS:
China Center for Financial Research (CCFR), Tsinghua University
Sloan School of Management, MIT

CO-ORGANIZER: School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University

The 10th China International Conference in Finance (CICF) provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and to stimulate exchanges on new developments in finance. It will be held in Chongqing from July 9 to July 12, 2012.

TOPICS: Papers in all areas of finance are welcome. The conference follows the format of major international conferences, with additional special sessions on issues relevant to the financial developments in China and other Asian and Pacific countries.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Eduardo Schwartz, University of California at Los Angeles

BEST PAPER AWARDS:
Two TCW Best Paper Awards, sponsored by the Trust Company of the West (US$2,500 each)
Two Yihong Xia Best Paper Awards (US$1,000 each)
Three special best paper awards, sponsored by the conference (US$1,000 each)

PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit completed papers. Papers will be elected by the Program Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. Please submit the paper in electronic format (PDF files only) to: http://www.ccfr.org.cn/cicf2012/upload.php

Paper submission deadline: February 12, 2012

The submitting authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision by March 31, 2012.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://www.ccfr.org.cn/cicf2012 or http://www.cicfconference.org

PROGRAM CHAIR: Harold H. Zhang (harold.zhang@utdallas.edu), University of Texas at Dallas

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Michael Lemmon (finmll@business.utah.edu) University of Utah
Haitao Li (htli@umich.edu) University of Michigan
Li Liao (liaol@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn) Tsinghua University
Hong Yan (hyan@saif.sjtu.edu.cn) Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance
Xiaoyun Yu (xiyu@indiana.edu) Indiana University

CONFERENCE CHAIR: Jiang Wang (wangj@mit.edu) MIT

CONFERENCE SECRETARY GENERAL: Li Liao (liaol@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn) China Center for Financial Research, Tsinghua University

CONTACT:

Eileen Rong
China Center for Financial Research
Tsinghua University
Email: cicf@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
Tel: 86-10-62773180