SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Frank Allen – Wharton University of Pennsylvania, USA
Andrew Karolyi – Cornell University, USA
René M. Stulz – Ohio State University, USA
Richard Brealey – London Business School, USA
Jay Ritter – University of Florida, USA
Eduardo Schwartz – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Jonathan Karpoff – University of Washington, USA
Bhagwan Chowdhry – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Raman Uppal – London Business School, UK
Michael Brennan – University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Anjan Thakor – Washington University, USA
Julian Franks – London Business School, United Kingdom
Henrik Cronqvist – University of Miami, USA
Christopher Polk – London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Ian Cooper – London Business School, united Kingdom
Douglas Breeden – Duke University, USA
Harjoat Bhamra – Imperial College of London, United Kingdom
Joseph P H fan – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ronald Masulis – Australian School of Business, Australia
Jun-Koo Kang – Nanyang Business School, Singapore
Marcin Kacperczyk – Imperial College of London, United Kingdom
Rene Garcia – EDHEC Business School, France
Tarun Ramadorai – Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Tom Smith – University of Queensland Business School, Australia
Wayne Ferson – Marshall School of Business, USA
Lloyd P Blenman – University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA
Carlos P Maquieira – Universidad Autonoma do Chile, Chile
Carlos Pombo – Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Christian Wolff – University of Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Cynthia J Campbell – Iowa State University, USA
Pablo Fernandez – IESE Business School, Spain
David Ding – Massey University, New Zealand
Dilip K Ghosh – James Madison University, USA
Fariborz Moshirian – University of New South Wales, Australia
Finn Ostrup – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Giorgio Valente – City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Gonzalo Cortazar – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
Hideaki Kato – Nagoya University, Japan
Huining Henry Cao – Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China
Michela Verardo – London School of Economics, United kingdom
Tarun Ramadorai – Said Business School, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Ike Mathur – Southern Illinois University, USA
James R Lothian – Fordham University, USA
Lars Oxelheim – Lund University, Sweden
Lorenzo Preve – IAE Business School, Argentina
Mohamed Ariff – Bond University, Australia
Nicholas Apergis – University of Piraeus, Greece
Nils H. Hakansson – Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Paul B McGuinness – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ramazan Gencay – Simon Fraser University, Canada
Guido Mantovani – Ca Foscari University, Italy
Robert Faff – Monash University, Australia
Almir Ferreira de Sousa – São Paulo University, Brazil
Ghon Rhee – University of Hawaii, USA
Sankar De – India School of Business, India
Usah Mittoo – University of Manitoba, Canada
Yong H Kim – University of Cincinnati, USA
PROGRAM COMMITEE
A. Seddik Meziani – Montclair State University
Aaron Gilbert – Auckland University of Technology
Abdullah Iqbal – University of Kent
Abul Shamsuddin – University of Newcastle
Adam Kolasinski – Texas A&M University
Adrian Lee – University of Technology Sydney
Alexander Wagner – University of Zurich
Alireza Tourani-Rad – Auckland University of Technology
Ana-Maria Fuertes – Cass Business School
Andrea Buraschi – Imperial College London
Andreea Mitrache – Toulouse Business School
Angie Andrikogiannopoulou – University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute
Angie Low – Nanyang Technological University
Ania Zalewska – University of Bath
Anzhela Knyazeva – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Arie Gozluklu – Warwick Business School
Arif Khurshed – University of Manchester
Ashwini Agrawal – London School of Economics
Asli Demirguc-Kunt – World Bank
Athanasios Pantelous – University of Liverpool
Avi Wohl – Tel Aviv University
Bahattin Buyuksahin – Bank of Canada
Barbara Rindi – Bocconi University and IGIER
Berardino Palazzo – Boston University
Bernard Cornet – University of Kansas and Paris School of Economics
Boda Kang – University of York
Bogdan Stacescu – BI Norwegian Business School
Bong-Chan Kho – Seoul National University
Brahim Saadouni – The University of Manchester
Bruno Gerard – BI Norwegian Business School
Carlo Maria Gallimberti – Boston College
Catherine Bruneau-Chassefière – University Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne
Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti – University of Southern Queensland
Changhua Yu – Peking University
Changmin Lee – Hanyang University Business School
Charlotte Ostergaard – BI Norwegian Business School
Christian Wolff – University of Luxembourg
Christian Ewald – University of Glasgow
Christian R Flor – University of Southern Denmark
Christophe Volonté – University of Basel
Chun Yu Mak – University of Birmingham
Chunbo Liu – Norwegian School of Economics
Chyanda Querido – Bank of America
Claudia Girardone – University of Essex
Claudio Morana – University of Milan-Bicocca
Claudio Tebaldi – Univ. L. Bocconi
Constantin Mellios – University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Craig Brown – National University of Singapore
Daniele Bianchi – Warwick Business School
Danling Jiang – Florida State University
Darwin Choi – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
David Burnie – Western Michigan University
David Ding – Singapore Management University
David Feldman – UNSW Australia Business School
Denis Gorea – Bank of Canada
Dirk Hackbarth – Boston University
Donald Keim – Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dong Lou – London School of Economics
Dongcheol Kim – Korea University Business School
Elena Goldman – Pace University Eleni
Dendrinou-Louri – Athens University of Economics and Business
Elvira Sojli – Erasmus University
Enrichetta Ravina – Columbia Business School
Evgeny Lyandres – Boston University
Evren Örs – HEC Paris
Ewa Kosycarz – SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Fabio Moneta – Queen’s University
Felix Kubler – University of Zurich/ Swiss Finance Institute
Frederiek Schoubben – KU Leuven (University of Leuven)
Fulvio Pegoraro – Banque de France
Gennaro Bernile – Singapore Management University
Gil Cohen – Carmel Academic Center
Gino Cenedese – Bank of England
Greg Nini – Drexel University
Gregory Bauer – Bank of Canada
Guldem (aka Gulden) Gokcek – New York University and University of Liverpool
Guneratne Wickremasinghe – Victoria University
Gunnar Grass – HEC Montreal
Gunter Dufey – University of Michigan & NTU/NBS Singapore
Gurdip Bakshi – University of Maryland
Hamza Bahaji – University of Paris Dauphine
Hanane Dakhli – University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
Harjeet Bhabra – Concordia University
Helen Wong – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hitesh Doshi – University of Houston
Holly Yang – Singapore Management University
Hong Zhang – PBC School of Finance
Hongjun Yan – Rutgers Business School
Hua Shang – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
IInes Chaieb – University of Geneva
IIrina Zviadadze – Stockholm School of Economics
IIvan Shaliastovich – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Jack Strauss – University of Denver
James Yae – University of Houston
Jan Bena – University of British Columbia
Jan Bartholdy – Aarhus University
Jang Schiltz – University of Luxembourg
Javier Villar Burke – European Commission J
Jayant Kale – Northeastern University
Jerome Detemple – Boston University
Jian Zhang – National University of Singapore
Jocelyn Martel – ESSEC Business School
Joel Barber – Florida International University
Johan Knif – Hanken School of Economics
John Wingender – Creighton University
John Nofsinger – University of Alaska Anchorage
Jose Liberti – Northwestern University
Junye Li – ESSEC business school
Justin Birru – The Ohio State University
Karl Schmedders – University of Zurich
Kazuo Yamada – Nagasaki University
Ki Young Park – Yonsei University
Konstantinos Stathopoulos – Manchester Business School
Laurence Booth – University of Toronto
Laurence Lescourret – ESSEC Business School
Lawrence Kryzanowski – Concordia University
Lei Mao – University of Warwick
Lihui Tian – Nankai University
Linda Sandris Larsen – University of Southern Denmark
Lora Dimitrova – University of Exeter
Lorenzo Preve – IAE Business School
Lorne Switzer – Concordia University
Lu Liu – Lund University
Mario di Filippo – Banque de France
Massimo Guidolin – Bocconi University
Matthijs Lof – Aalto University School of Business
Meziane Lasfer – Cass Business School, City University London
Michael Gallmeyer – University of Virginia
Mieszko Mazur – IESEG School of Management
Mira Farka – California State University
Mo Chaudhury – McGill University
N K Chidambaran – Fordham University
Naaguesh Appadu – Cass Business School
Nick Baltas – Queen Mary University of London
Ning Zhu – Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance and UC Davis
Nisan Langberg – University of Houston and Tel Aviv University
Noriyoshi Yanase – Tokyo Keizai University
Offer Shapir – New York University, Shanghai
Onur Arugaslan – Western Michigan University
Pablo Fernandez – IESE Business School
Padma Kadiyala – Pace University Paolo Colla – Bocconi University
Pasquale Della Corte – Imperial College of London
Per Östberg – University of Zurich
Philip Gharghori – Monash University
Philipp Illeditsh – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Pierlauro Lopez – Banque de France
Pierre Chaigneau – HEC Montreal
Piet Sercu – KU Leuven
Ping He – Tsinghua University
Ping-Sheng Koh – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prabhakar Reddy Patil – Securities and Exchange Board of India
Rainer Jankowitsch – WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Ran Duchin – University of Washington
Raoul Minetti – Michigan State University
Ravi Jain – National University of Singapore
Raymond Kin Ho Wong – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ric Colacito – University of North Carolina
Ronald Bird – University of Technology Sydney
Sam Han – Korea University Business School
Sean Cleary – Queen’s University
Seongkyu Park – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Serhiy Stepanchuk – Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Shai Bernstein – Stanford University
Simon Stevenson – University of Reading
Simon Gervais – Duke University
Soyoung Kim – Seoul National University
Stavros Zenios – University of Cyprus and The Wharton Financial Institutions Center
Stefano Rossi – Purdue University Stefano Caselli – University Bocconi
Stephane Dubreuille – Neoma Business School
Suk-Joong Kim – The University of Sydney
Sumit Agarwal – National University of Singapore
Sun Young Park – Korea Insurance Research Institute
Taeyoon Sung – Yonsei University
Takero Doi – Keio University
Tao Jin – PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University
Tarun Chordia – Emory University
Teodora Paligorova – Bank of Canada
Theodosios Dimopoulos – HEC Lausanne/ UNIL
Thi Hong Van Hoang – Montpellier Business School
Thomas Bates – Arizona State University
Thomas Gehrig – University of Vienna
Todd Kaplan – University of Haifa
Tom Aabo – Aarhus University
Tom Berglund – Hanken School of Economics
Tony Berrada – University of Geneva
Ufuk Gucbilmez – University of Edinburgh
Vaneesha Dutra – University of Denver
Vasilios Sogiakas – University of Glasgow
Viet Anh Dang – University of Manchester
Virginia Sarria Allende – IAE Business School – Universidad Austral
Vito Gala – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Wai Mun Fong – National University of Singapore
Weina Zhang – National University of Singapore
Wilko Bolt – De Nederlandsche Bank
William Mann – UCLA Anderson School of Management
Wissam Abdallah – Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School
Wolfgang Drobetz – Hamburg University
Xiao Xiao – Erasmus University Rotterdam
Yoko Shirasu – Aoyama Gakuin University
Yufeng Han – University of Colorado Denver
Yupana Wiwattanakantang – National University of Singapore
Zafar Iqbal – Australian Institute of Business
Zhaowen Qian – Erasmus University Z
Zhe Shen – Xiamen University
Zili Zhuang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong Zsuzsa
Reka Huszar – National University of Singapore