Eastern Finance Association (EFA) - April 2013 Meeting Results

The Eastern Finance Association (EFA) recently held its 49th Annual Meeting from April 10 - 13, 2013 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. With 265 papers in 90 academic sessions and two special sessions, it was a very interesting and informative meeting. The conference hosted 340 participants from all over the world. Professor Maureen O'Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance at Cornell University, and Professor Mark J. Flannery, BankAmerica Professor of Finance at the University of Florida, were recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Scholar Award. Professor Flannery gave the keynote speech "Maintaining Adequate Bank Capital" at the membership luncheon on Friday, April 12.

RESEARCH PAPER AWARDS: The EFA awarded the following seven papers with outstanding research awards.
"Institutional Trading During a Wave of Corporate Scandals: 'Perfect Payday'?" by Gennaro Bernile, University of Miami, Johan Sulaeman, Southern Methodist University, and Qin Wang, University of Michigan-Dearborn
"Labor Market Competition, Executive Job Hopping, and Compensation" by Tilan Tang, Clemson University, Huasheng Gao, Nanyang Technological University, and Juan Luo, Nanyang Technological University
"Rare Events and Investor Risk Aversion: Evidence from Crude Oil Options" by Marie-Helene Gagnon, Laval University, and Gabriel Power, Laval University
"Are Banks' Internal Risk Parameters Consistent? Evidence from Syndicated Loans" by Simon Firestone, Federal Reserve Board, and Marcelo Rezende, Federal Reserve Board
"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Foreign Institutional Investment in the US" by Nida Abdioglu, Balikesir University, Arif Khurshed, Manchester Business School, and Konstantinos Stathopoulos, Manchester Business School
"Market Reactions to Changes in the Nasdaq 100 Index" by Ernest Biktimirov, Brock University, and Yuanbin Xu, Brock University
"What Finances R&D? R&D, Cash Flow Sensitivities, and Financing Constraints" by Zhong Zhuang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ELECTION RESULTS: The EFA announced the most recent election results at the annual meeting. These include:
President: Beverly B. Marshall, Auburn University
Vice-President - Program Elect: Daniel Bradley, University of South Florida
Directors: David Becher, Drexel University, Lucy Chernykh, Clemson University

The remaining officers and board members can be found at: http://etnpconferences.net/efa/officers.php

2014 MEETING: The 50th Annual Meeting of the EFA will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 9 - 12, 2014. The initial call for papers with submission information will be forthcoming soon.