Call For Papers
The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association

http://www.FinancialResearchAssociation.org

December 14 and 15, 2013, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2013

The program committee of the Financial Research Association seeks new finance papers of general interest to the profession for the 10th annual meeting of the Association. We are specifically looking for papers that have not been submitted to a journal and have not been presented or scheduled to be presented at the Western Finance Association meeting or the American Finance Association meeting. The selection process is very competitive. Last year's acceptance rate was less than 2.2%. All papers will be presented by a discussant, after which the authors will have an opportunity to respond. The meeting provides an excellent forum for authors to obtain detailed feedback from an accomplished and active group of finance scholars.

AWARD DETAILS: The UBS Global Asset Management Award for Research in Investments, with a prize of $20,000, will be awarded again this year. The winning paper will be selected from the pool of FRA submissions based on the paper's quality and practical insight into investments. The author(s) of the paper that wins this award must agree to present their work at UBS in 2014.

The Financial Research Association will also present a Best Paper Award to the best paper, as selected by the conference attendees, regardless of research area. Authors of the winning paper will share a prize of $5,000.

The Association will also present the Michael J. Barclay Award to the young scholar who submits the best solo-authored paper. Young scholars include current Ph.D. students and assistant professors who have held their Ph.D. for fewer than three years. In addition to recognizing the young scholar's achievement, the Barclay Award reimburses the winner's conference registration and, in the case of Ph.D. students, also reimburses airfare (up to $400) and hotel expenses.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Paper submissions should be emailed in PDF form to FRA@bc.edu by August 31, 2013. The email must contain the following information: the names, affiliations, and email addresses of all co-authors, and a list of the conferences at which the paper has been or will be presented. Authors interested in being considered for the Barclay award should mention this in the email and either 1) that they are a Ph.D. student or 2) provide information on the date of their Ph.D.

Submitting authors will be notified of paper selection in the beginning of October. Once the program is set, the program committee will invite a limited number of participants to register for the meetings.

CONFERENCE DETAILS: The conference fee of $350 covers conference costs, including the Sunday dinner and a Saturday wine tasting.

FRA PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Antonio Bernardo, UCLA
Jules van Binsbergen, Stanford University
Bruce Carlin, UCLA
Josh Coval, Harvard University
Diane Del Guercio, University of Oregon
Roger Edelen, UC Davis
Joseph Engelberg, UC San Diego
Wayne Ferson, USC
Eliezer Fich, Drexel
Adlai Fisher, UBC
Mike Fishman, Northwestern
Wayne Guay, Wharton
Jarrad Harford, University of Washington
Steven Heston, University of Maryland
Mark Huson, University of Alberta
Paul Irvine, Texas Christian
Brian Kelly, University of Chicago
Naveen Khanna, Michigan State University
Todd Milbourn, Washington University
Tobias Moskowitz, University of Chicago
Micah Officer, Loyola Marymount University
Robert Parrino, University of Texas, Austin
Jeffrey Pontiff, Boston College
Edward Rice, University of Washington
Clemens Sialm, University of Texas, Austin
Jeffrey Zwiebel, Stanford University