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Call For Papers and Participants
2008 Annual Meetings of
The Western Finance Association
June 22, 2008 to June 25, 2008
Hilton Waikoloa Village
Waikoloa, Hawaii

Members and friends of the Western Finance Association are invited to submit papers to be considered for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meetings. Papers on any topic related to finance will be considered.

Submission of Papers 

Guidelines for Submitters

Papers should be submitted electronically at the WFA web site, which will contain full instructions for submission, including required on-line registration, creation of the required cover page, the submission fee, and other vital instructions. Paper Submissions are now being accepted HERE. The deadline for submissions will be midnight PST November 18, 2007 (i.e., midnight between the 18th and the 19th). Papers will be reviewed anonymously by two members of the Program Committee, and authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decisions in February 2008.

Best Paper Awards (subject to change):

Trefftzs Award of $2,000 for the best student paper. Ph.D. students who have neither received their degree nor assumed a regular faculty position by the submission deadline should indicate eligibility for this award with their submissions.

CRA International Corporate Finance Award of $5,000 for the best corporate finance paper.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Award of $5,000 for the best paper in empirical investments.

NASDAQ Award of $5,000 for the best paper on capital formation.

NYSE Euronext Award of $5,000 for the best paper on equity trading.

Society of Quantitative Analysts Award of $5,000 for the best paper in quantitative investments.

2008 Program Chair: Professor Artur Raviv, Northwestern University