Call for Papers
Special Issue of Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies on Emerging Capital Markets

Special Issue Editor: Bong Soo Lee, Florida State University

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies (AJFS) invites manuscripts for a special issue on emerging capital markets and related issues, scheduled for publication in 2014. AJFS became the first finance journal published in Asia covered by the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) in 2006. AJFS has been published since 1980 by the Korean Securities Association (KSA), the oldest and largest academic organization of finance scholars and practitioners in Korea. Visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/apjfs and http://www.apjfs.org for additional information about the Journal.

TOPICS: Topics for the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, theoretical, experimental, and empirical research in the following areas:
- Mutual funds and their performance in emerging markets
- Liquidity and asset pricing in emerging markets
- Behavioral finance and market microstructure in emerging markets
- Payout policy in emerging markets
- Managerial compensation and incentives and information asymmetry in emerging markets

AWARDS: Up to eight papers will be selected for the Special Issue and US$1,000 (or 1,000,000 KRW) award will be granted to each selected paper.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: All manuscripts must be in English and include an abstract of fewer than 500 words. The cover page should contain the paper's title, the author's name, affiliation, address, and e-mail address. The second page should contain only the paper's title and abstract. All manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format to ajfs2013@gmail.com by August 31, 2013. No submission fee is required. We expect to complete the review process and notify th e result by December 31, 2013.