2017 SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific Conference Registration
December 13-15, 2017, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
The SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific is a joint project of the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Corporate Finance Studies, and the Review of Asset Pricing Studies. It will be a high-quality conference covering all areas of finance. The format is 55 minutes per paper with several concurrent parallel sessions. Our goal is to provide a setting that produces the kind of in-depth participation of a smaller conference while accommodating the variety of papers of a larger one.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
Chair: Bernard Yeung (National University of Singapore)
Vice Chair: Ron Masulis (UNSW Business School)
Associate Chair: Kalok Chan (CUHK Business School)
HOST'S FACULTY SPONSOR: Hong Zhang (Tsinghua University)
Event Organization by Leigh Ann Clark (SFS)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin; President of SFS
Min Zhu, Chair, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University; Former Vice President, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
REGISTRATION: Registration is now open. Please complete conference registration before Dec 10, 2017: http://sfs.org/financecavalcade/2017-sfs-finance-cavalcade-asia-pacific
Early registration rate of $100 SFS members/$125 for non members is available until November 10, 2017. After November 10, 2017, prices increase to $140 SFS members/$165 non members. Doctoral students and Tsinghua University (host university) receives complimentary registration.
HOTEL: The conference will be held at the Wenjin Hotel. To reserve a room, participants need to complete the Wenjin Hotel Reservation Form and please check official website to obtain the form.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
Tuesday December 12, 2017
6:00-8:00 pm Conference Reception
Wednesday December 13, 2017
8:45 am-12:00 pm Parallel Session
Corporate (1): Corporate Governance
Banking (1): Regulation and Implications
Investments (1): Contagion and Risk
Behavioral Finance (1)
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Min Zhu, Chair, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University; Former Vice President, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
1:30-3:35 pm Parallel Session
Corporate (2): Gender and Social Issues
Institutional Investors (1): Investors and Firms
Investments (2): Liquidity and Volatility
Information Economics (1): Speed of Information
3:45-4:15 pm Research Forum: Finance Research in China and Asia
6:00-8:00 pm Award Dinner
Thursday December 14, 2017
8:45 am-12:00 pm Parallel Session
Corporate (3): Labor and Corporate Leverage
Policy and Real Economy
Investments (3): Anomalies
Fixed-income Market
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin; President of SFS
1:30-3:35 pm Parallel Session
FinTech and Blockchain
Institutional Investors (2): Investors and the Market
Behavioral Finance (2)
Information Economics (2): Other Topics
3:45-4:15 pm Editors' Forum
6:00-8:00 pm Dinner
Friday December 15, 2017
8:45 am-12:00 pm Parallel Session
Corporate (4): Financing in China and India
Banking (2): Lessons from the Past
Investments (4): Predicting Returns
Theoretical Asset Pricing
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
FURTHER INFORMATION: For detailed conference program, please click https://www.conftool.com/cavalcade-asia-pacific-2017/sessions.php
For questions, please contact cavalcadeasiapacific@sfs.org
Posted: 1 Dec 2017