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The 5th Vietnam International Conference in Finance
Call For Papers

28-29 June 2018, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Keynote Speaker: Professor Ronald Masulis

We cordially invite you to submit your research papers for presentation at the fifth annual Vietnam International Conference in Finance (VICIF-2018) that will take place on the 28th - 29th of June 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the most vibrant cities of commerce and culture in South East Asia.

The VICIF-2018 conference is jointly organized by the Vietnam Finance Association International, University of Economics and Law, Foreign Trade University, and The University of Danang - School of Economics. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for academics, doctoral students, and practitioners to share interests, present new research ideas, and discuss current and challenging issues in finance and related topics.

TOPICS: We welcome submissions in all areas of finance. Examples of the conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- Corporate finance and governance
- Financial markets and institutions
- Asset pricing and portfolio management
- Banking regulation and financial services
- Risk measurement and management

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Ronald Masulis is the Scientia Professor of Finance and Macquarie Group Chair of Financial Services at the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales. He is a recognized authority in the field of empirical corporate finance, and has a particular expertise in the corporate governance area. Professor Masulis is one of the Pacific Basin's highest ranked financial economists in terms of number of publications and citations across a range of top tier journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Law and Economics and Journal of Accounting and Economics. He has won a number of research awards, including five Journal of Financial Economics All Star Paper Awards for his high impact research, which continues to be frequently cited. He was ranked one of the top 100 most prolific authors in finance over the last 50 years, based on his publications in 7 leading academic journals in Finance. He is Vice Chair of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Finance Cavalcade, Vice President for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association. He has also served on the Board of Directors or Executive Committee of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the Financial Management Association (FMA) and Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS). He is a research associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and senior academic fellow at the Asia Bureau of Finance and Economic Research.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Authors are invited to submit their full papers (in English) in WORD or PDF, no later than March 31, 2018, on the website of the conference (http://vicif.sciencesconf.org). Submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

IMPORTANT DATES:
March 31, 2018 Deadline for paper submission
April 20, 2018 Notification of acceptance/rejection
May 18, 2018 Registration deadline
June 28-29, 2018 Conference event

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES: A limited number of high-quality papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the Corporate Governance: An International Review (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8683) to be considered for inclusion in their regular issue.

BEST PAPER AWARDS: All papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award (USD 1,000).

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Henk Berkman, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sabri Boubaker, Champagne School of Management, France
Carole Comerton-Forde, University of Melbourne, Australia
Anh Viet Dang, University of Manchester, UK
Abe de Jong, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Fangjian Fu, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Omrane Guedhami, Unversity of South Carolina, USA
Chuan Yang Hwang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ambrus Kecskes, York University, Canada
Paul Koch, University of Kansas, USA
Ben Marshall, Massey University, New Zealand
Vikram Nanda, University of Texas, USA
Thanh Ngo, East Carolina University, USA
Duong Nguyen, University of Massachusetts, USA
Hai Xuan Nguyen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
Khuong Duc Nguyen, IPAG Business School, France Nga Nguyen, Marquette University, USA
Nick Nguyen, Massey University, New Zealand
Peter Kien Pham, University of New South Wales, Australia
Hieu Van Phan, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
S. Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii, USA
Anh Luong Tran, City University London, UK
Chau Trinh, University of Bristol, UK
Hai Tran, Loyola Marrymount University
Au Hai Truong, Monash University, Australia
Mathijs A. van Dijk, Erasmus University, the Netherlands
Nuttawat Visaltanachoti, Massey University, New Zealand

CONFERENCE PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Truong Xuan Duong, Iowa State University, USA
Canh Thi Nguyen, University of Economics and Law - HCM City, Vietnam

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Son Hung Tran, University of Economics and Law - HCM City, Vietnam
Thuy Thu Nguyen and Kien Dinh Cao, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
Anh Thuy Vo and Lam Tung Dang, School of Economics - the University of Danang, Vietnam
Bohui Zhang, University of New South Wales, Australia

CONTACT FOR QUERIES:
Kien Dinh Cao (caokien@ftu.edu.vn)
Truong Xuan Duong (vfai.president@gmail.com)
Bohui Zhang (bohui.zhang@unsw.edu.au)

Posted: 8 Dec 2017