Posted 8/1/08
CALL FOR PAPERS
FIRST CONFERENCE ON SECURITIES MARKETS 2008
"STRUCTURE, MICROSTRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF
SECURITIES MARKETS"
19th - 21st December 2008
National Institute of Securities Markets,
Mumbai, India
"Structure, Microstructure and Regulation of Securities
Markets" will be the theme of the First Conference on
Securities Markets of the National Institute for Securities
Markets (NISM), recently set up by the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the apex regulatory
authority for the securities markets in India. The
conference will be held in Mumbai, India from 19th to 21st
December 2008.
OVERVIEW:
The conference will feature presentations and panel
discussions of 12-15 invited or competitively selected
international papers on market microstructure and regulation
(including perhaps a few papers specifically on India). The
conference is being sponsored, among others, by ICICI Bank,
a leading bank in India. It targets an audience of leading
business leaders, regulators, and scholars in the area of
market microstructure and regulation. ICICI has also
sponsored Best Paper Award(s).
Professor Robert Engle, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize
for Economics, has kindly agreed to deliver the keynote
address at the conference. The program committee for the
conference is chaired by Pradeep Yadav (Oklahoma, Lancaster)
and includes Ravi Anshuman (IIM Bangalore), Hank
Bessembinder (Utah), Tarun Chordia (Emory), Terry
Hendershott (UC Berkeley), Marc Lipson (Darden, Virginia),
Narayan Naik (London Business School), Paul Schultz (Notre
Dame), Marti Subrahmanyam (New York University), and S.
Viswanathan (Duke).
TOPICS:
Papers on all aspects of the structure, microstructure and
the regulation of securities markets, both theoretical and
empirical, are welcome.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Please note the following important submission information:
September 30, 2008: Deadline for submission of papers
October 15, 2008: Communication of decision to authors
Submission should be made electronically to:
Email: MAILTO:csm2008@nismindia.com
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Mumbai is the financial and business capital of India. NISM
will host all authors, co-authors and discussants of
accepted papers (including accommodation, boarding and
lodging) for the duration of the conference. NISM will, if
necessary, also provide limited travel support for the
presenters to attend the conference.
National Institute for Securities Markets has been
established by the Securities and Exchange Board of India as
a public trust. It has the mandate to catalyze knowledge
initiatives for enhancing the quality of markets. This
conference has been made possible by an endowment from the
ICICI Bank, Mumbai, India.