Call for Papers Reminder
India Finance Conference (IFC) 2013

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

DATES: December 18-20, 2013

New Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 June, 2013
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 September, 2013

The India Finance Conference 2013 (IFC 2013)invites research papers in all areas of finance. IFC 2013 is part of an annual conference organized by the three leading IIMs in India.The earlier Conferences, held at IIMCalcutta in 2012 and IIM Bangalore in 2011 had attracted a large number of submissions.

TOPICS: Conference shall focus on the following areas:
- Asset pricing and financial marketvolatility
- Corporate finance decisions, including choice of capital structure and payout
- Innovations in financial and operational risk management
- Quality of financial reporting and adoption of IFRS
- Role of corporate governance, executive compensation and ownership structure
- Computational finance, high-frequency trading and financial econometrics
- Financial policy choice, institutions and regulation
- Financial literacy and financial education

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:Submit full paper or abstract in PDF format. The document must be in double space format using 12 pointfont size. The submission should contain: The title, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s), JEL classification codes, and e-mail address of each author.To submit your paper or register for the conference please visit: http://financelab.iimcal.ac.in/ifc

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of abstracts by 15 July, 2013. The final papers must be submitted by 15 September 2013. A pre-conference tutorial would be held in IIM Ahmedabad, on 17 December, 2013.

BEST PAPER AWARD: Three outstanding papers presented at the Conference shall be given awards.

TRAVEL: Participants shall be responsible for their own travel arrangement. Ahmedabad enjoys good air and rail connectivity.

FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the Conference secretariat: asstmgr_finlab@iimcal.ac.in

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://financelab.iimcal.ac.in/ifc