Call for Papers - Cambridge Corporate Finance Theory Symposium 2025

Conference dates

26 Sep 2025 - 27 Sep 2025

Location

Cambridge, UK

Description

The Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) welcomes submissions for its 2025 Corporate Finance Theory Symposium to be held in Cambridge, UK, in person, on 26 and 27 September 2025. The symposium covers all areas of theoretical corporate finance, including theory papers that combine corporate finance theory with a related area such as banking, market micro-structure, asset pricing, and financial accounting.

The format of the 2025 symposium will be similar in nature to previous years’ editions (Previous Conferences).  We expect to have about 9 papers (each with a discussant) and one keynote speech.

The Keynote speaker for the 2025 Cambridge Corporate Finance Theory Symposium:
Professor Andrew Winton (Carlson School of Management).

Please read carefully before submitting your paper: https://sites.google.com/view/cerfarchive/upcoming-events/cambridge-corporate-finance-theory-symposium-2025/further-information

The paper’s cover page must include: a title, abstract, authors' names and affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author.

The submitted paper must not have been accepted (or conditionally accepted) at a journal at the time of submission.

Please submit your paper online (in pdf format) by following the process below.

There is a paper submission fee of £50 per paper. You can pay this via the payment link within the form which will open in a new window. Once you have paid the fee, please return to the submission form to submit your paper.

NB: please ensure you upload and submit the paper after completing the payment.

Submit your paper at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/cerfarchive/upcoming-events/cambridge-corporate-finance-theory-symposium-2025/call-for-papers-corporate-finance-theory-symposium