Call For Papers
63rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Finance Association (MFA)

March 5-8, 2014, Hyatt Regency, Grand Cypress, Hotel Orlando Florida

The 2014 MFA annual meetings will cover the major areas of finance with 14 track chairs in charge of the reviewing process. Members and friends of the MFA are invited to submit papers for presentation by October 1, 2013. Papers will be reviewed anonymously and authors notified by December 1, 2013. Papers should be submitted at the following web address: https://www.openconf.org/MidwestFinance2014/openconf.php.

If you do not wish to submit a paper, but instead to participate as a discussant or session chair, please email the program chair where the title of the email should read MFA discussant.

Ten graduate student travel grants of $500 are available. All student presenters identified during the paper submission process as primary authors will automatically be considered for a travel grant. The travel grant decision will be made no later than December 15, 2013.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: The MFA is extremely pleased to announce four distinguished headline speakers will address the conference on key current issues in financial research.
- Andrew Karolyi, Alumni Professor in Asset Management, Cornell University
- Jeffrey Wurgler, Nomura Professor of Finance, NYU
- Randy Morck, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Chair in Finance and University Professor, University of Alberta
- David Longworth, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, John Weatherall Distinguished Fellow Queen’s University

Administrative Finance is a dynamic process and the program chair welcomes any suggestions for special sessions, either tutorials or current topics. Those interested in organising such sessions should contact the program chair directly.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: The MFA web site has all key administrative details concerning how to submit papers. Please go to https://www.midwestfinance.org/index.html for detailed instructions. I look forward to seeing you in Orlando.

Professor Laurence Booth
MFA 2014 program chair
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
booth@rotman.utoronto.ca