Winter 2014 Conference of the Multinational Finance Society December 14-16, 2014, Athens, Greece Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Challenges and Prospects Submission Deadline: October 31, 2014 Notification of Acceptance: November 14, 2014 Conference Registration Deadline: November 28, 2014 Click here for more info: mfsociety.org/page.php?pageID=248&expandable=2&subexpandable=3 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Gikas Hardouvelis - Minister of Finance of the Hellenic Republic and Professor of Finance and Economics, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus, Greece Yannis Stournaras - Governor of the Bank of Greece and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Athens, Greece ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Crisis in the Eurozone: The case of Cyprus and Greece Christis Hassapis - Board of Directors Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus and Associate Professor of Economics, University of Cyprus, Cyprus. Notis Mitarachi - Vice Minister for Development & Competitiveness of Greece, Greece. Filippos Sachinidis - Member of the Greek Parliament (PASOK), Greece. Christos Staikouras - Alternate Minister of Finance of Greece and Assistant Professor of Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. George Stathakis - Member of the Greek Parliament (SYRIZA) and Professor of Political Economy, University of Crete, Greece. Dimitri Vayanos - Professor of Finance and Director of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, London School of Economics, UK. PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING CHAIRS Nikolaos Philippas - Centre of Planning and Economic Research and University of Piraeus, Greece Panayiotis Theodossiou - Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE The objective of the conference is to bring together policy makers, academic researchers, educators, doctoral students and practitioners from various international institutions to focus on timely financial issues and research findings including the recent European financial and economic crisis. AREAS OF INTEREST Research papers in all areas of finance and economics on developed and developing countries will be considered. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: Asset Pricing; Banking; Behavioral Finance; Buyouts; Capital Structure; CDS; Commodities; Contagion in Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Corporate Restructuring; Cost of Bankruptcy; Credit Scoring Models; Cross Listing; Derivatives; Emerging Markets; Executive Compensation; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysts; Financial Reporting; FX Arbitrage; Investment Banking; IPOs; M&As; Macro Finance; Market Efficiency; Microstructure; Pay-out Policy; Portfolio Management; Real Options; Regulation; Risk Measurement; Shipping Finance; Term Structure of Interest Rates; Trading Behaviour; Valuation; and Volatility. Special attention will be given to papers related to the financial / banking crisis in the European Union, the US and other countries. Policy oriented papers from researchers in the government and the industry are particularly welcome. Suggestions for the organization of panel sessions on topics of general interest will also be considered. PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please visit mfsociety.org to submit a copy of a completed or nearly completed paper. The cover page should include the affiliation, address, phone and email of each author. Each participant agrees to serve as a discussant of a paper of his/her own area of interest, if needed. REGISTRATION FEE Registrations fee is €160. For doctoral students, a discount of €80 applies upon submission of a letter confirming their status. Accompanied persons could attend the conference for a fee of €80. Registered participants or accompanied persons can attend all social functions. Registered participants become immediately member of the Society for six months which allows them to submit papers to the Multinational Finance Journal at a reduced submission fee. FURTHER INFORMATION Information regarding the conference, accommodations, feature speakers, travel arrangements, fees and other activities will be published on the MFS website as needed. Information about past conferences can be found on the website as well. VENUE ROYAL OLYMPIC HOTEL, Athens, Greece
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