Preliminary Call for Papers: Foro de Finanzas

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                          FORO DE FINANZAS

                       November 13 - 14, 2008
                  ESADE Business School, Barcelona

                  Program Chair: Arturo Bris, IMD
           Local Committee Chair: Carmen Ansotegui, ESADE


      The Spanish Finance Association (AEFIN) will hold its 26th
      Finance Forum ("Foro de Finanzas") in Barcelona (Spain), on
      November 13 and 14, 2008. You are invited to submit papers
      to be considered for presentation.

      The Foro is an annual event whose objective is to provide
      researchers, regulators, and practitioners with a meeting
      point to discuss current topics in Finance.


      TOPICS:

      The Program is open to all contributions, both theoretical
      and empirical: asset pricing, corporate finance, corporate
      governance, market microstructure, portfolio management,
      risk management, derivatives, banking and international
      finance. Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2008. Papers
      both in Spanish and English are welcome.


      SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

      Papers should be submitted in English or Spanish in a
      single PDF file not exceeding 3 MB (no other format will be
      accepted). In addition, authors should submit a summary,
      100 words maximum, along with the appropriate JEL codes and
      several keywords. Papers can be submitted electronically in
      the Conference website:

http://www.esade.edu/sites/forofinanzas2008/enviotrabajos?lang=ESP

      The submission deadline is May 31, 2008. Authors of
      accepted papers will be notified via e-mail by the end of
      July, and the preliminary program will be available in
      October.

      CONTACT:      Arturo Bris
                    IMD, Lausanne (Switzerland)
      Email:        MAILTO:arturo.bris@imd.ch

      CONTACT:      Carmen Ansotegui
                    ESADE Business School
                    Barcelona (Spain)
      Email:        MAILTO:carmen.ansotegui@esade.edu
Posted 5/9/08