2017 Global Finance Conference - Hempstead, NY, USA

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The 24th Annual
Global Finance Conference Hempstead, New York, USA - May 4-6, 2017 Call for Papers/Proposals SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 31, 2017
The Global Finance Association and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York are pleased to announce the 24th Global Finance Conference. The 24th Annual Global Finance Conference is sponsored by Hofstra University Frank G. Zarb School of Business and Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies.
Papers/proposals in these categories are solicited:
Competitive Papers: Complete paper submitted by deadline; considered for the Best Paper Awards.
Work-in-Progress: Abstract submitted by the deadline; paper is to be completed by Conference date.
Proposal for Panel, Workshop, Tutorial.
Doctoral Students Papers: One of the top awards is for this category.
Please submit your paper/proposal electronically via the Global Finance Conference website. The first page shall contain the title, track identification number (see conference topics below) and authors’ name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone, and fax. The body of the paper shall not have any author identification and must begin with the paper title and abstract.
All entries will be refereed. Authors of accepted papers may submit a two-page detailed abstract for the 2017 GFC e-Proceedings. The top six (6) papers presented at the Conference would be awarded on a competitive basis and would be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Global Finance Journal.
TOPICS
Asset Allocation/Sovereign Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs/SWFs
Accounting/Auditing Issues and Taxation
Banking & Financial Services/Investment Banking
BRICS, MIST, MINT, NEXT 11, PIIGS, SANE and Emerging Markets
Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation & Economic/Financial Inequality
Cyber Security and Global Finance & Banking
Derivatives/Financial Engineering
Efficiency/Behavior/Valuation/Pricing
E-Finance/ M-Finance/ Digital Money/ Bitcoin/ E-Learning/ Best Practices
Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
Financial Markets Integration/Linkages/Segmentation
Foreign Currency Issues – Monetary Economics
Global Financial Crises, Imbalances, SRI, CSR
Interest-Free - Islamic Finance/Banking
IPOs/SEOs/Stock buybacks/Privatization
Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate and State SWFs
Portfolio Flows and Foreign Direct Investment
Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance
Real Estate Finance /REITs, International RE & Alternative Investments
Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibilities, and Ethics
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Manuchehr Shahrokhi; California State Univ-Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA Ehsan Nikbakht; Hofstra Univeristy, Hempstead, NY, USA K.C. Chen; California State Univ - Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA Ali Fatemi; DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA Anthony Herbst; University of Texas–El-Paso, El-Paso, TX, USA