Call For Papers
13th Annual Darden International Finance Conference: Investing in International Markets

May 22 and 23, 2014, The Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, Virginia

The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia is pleased to announce the13th Annual Darden International Finance Conference: Investing in International Markets.

Presented in partnership with International Monetary Fund, World Bank, CFA Institute and Financial Analysts Journal.

PROGRAM ORGANIZERS:
Stijn Claessens (IMF), Campbell Harvey (Duke), Rene Stulz (Ohio State), Richard Evans (Darden)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Darden/UVA Committee Members - Yiorgos Allayannis, Mike Gallmeyer, Marc Lipson, Elena Loutskina, Pedro Matos, Daniel Murphy, Michael Schill, Alan Taylor, Frank Warnock

External Committee Members - Sandro Andrade (Miami), Gregory Brown (UNC), Shawn Cole (HBS), Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank), Mihir Desai (HBS), Alexander Dyck (Toronto), Vihang Errunza (McGill), Ben Esty (HBS), Todd Gormley (Wharton), John Griffin (Texas), Harald Hau (INSEAD), Philippe Jorion (UCI), Ralph Koijen (LBS), Luc Laeven (IMF), Christian Leuz (Chicago), Karl Lins (Utah), Christian Lundblad (UNC), Amiyatosh Purnanandam (Michigan), Tarun Ramadorai (Oxford), Sergio Schmukler (World Bank), Adrien Verdelhan (MIT)

CONFERENCE THEME: The theme of this year's conference is "Investing in International Markets" and we invite submissions that examine broadly the decision to invest internationally by corporations, institutional or retail investors. As in past years, we aim to bring together a mix of academics and practitioners.

SUBMISSION AND SELECTION PROCESS: The conference will start accepting submissions on October 1, 2013 and the submission deadline is Midnight PST on November 19, 2013. The conference will consider only completed papers. The conference website, http://conference.darden.virginia.edu/ifc, will be set up to accept electronic paper submissions through the "Online Paper Submission" link. Please complete the submission form online, paste the abstract of your paper in the appropriate text box, and upload your paper in PDF format. The program committee will review these materials and assemble sessions. Submissions are only for the conference. Authors will be free to submit their papers to any journal of their choice.

DEADLINES: Relevant dates for the submission process are as follows:
Now through November 19, 2013: Submission of papers
Early February, 2014: Notification by program committee of accepted papers

Prior to the conference the full text of all accepted abstracts and papers will be available on the web at http://conference.darden.virginia.edu/ifc

EXPENSES: The conference will reimburse for reasonable (economy) travel expenses and will provide accommodations for paper presenters. For more details on travel reimbursement contact the administrative liaison identified below.

LOCATION: The event will be held at the Darden School of Business, 100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia. The conference is open to invited guests only.

ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON:
Lynne Lambert
Darden School of Business
P.O. Box 6550
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22906
Tel: 434-924-7340
Fax: 434-243-5020
Email: LambertL@Darden.virginia.edu