2018 Global Finance Conference - Paris, France

25th Annual GFC
The Global Finance Association and the ESSCA School of Management, Paris, France are pleased to announce the 25th Global Finance Conference in Paris, France, July 3-5, 2018.
Papers/proposals in the following categories are solicited:
Competitive Papers: Complete paper submitted by deadline; (for 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 of your paper/proposal shall contain the title, track identification number (see conference topics below) and authors’ names, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone, and fax numbers. The body of the paper shall not have any author’s 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 2018 GFC e-Proceedings. The top six (6) papers presented at the Conference will be awarded on a competitive basis and considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Global Finance Journal.
Contact
Waël Louhichi
Professor & Chair, Finance Department ESSCA School of Management Paris, France wael.louhichi@essca.fr
Manuchehr Shahrokhi Professor & Executive Director Global Finance Association – Conference
Fresno, CA, USA shahrokhi@glofin.org
Paper Topics
Accounting/Auditing Issues and Taxation
Asset Allocation/Sovereign Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs/SWFs
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 -Blockchain, E-Learning– Best Practices
Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
Financial Markets integration/Linkages/Segmentation
Foreign Currency Issues – Monetary Economics
Global Financial Crises, Imbalances
Interest-Free - Islamic Finance/Banking
IPOs/SEOS/Stock buybacks/Privatization - Crowdfunding
Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate and State SWFs
Portfolio Flows and Foreign Direct Investment
Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance
Real Estate Finance /REITs, Crowdfunding, International RE & Alternative
Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibilities, and Ethics