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Call
For Papers and Participants
2009 Annual Meetings of
The Western Finance Association
June 17, 2009 to June 20, 2009
Marriott Hotel and
Members and friends of the Western Finance Association are invited to submit
papers to be considered for presentation at the 2009 Annual Meetings. Papers on
any topic related to finance will be considered.
Submission of Papers
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, 2008 (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 2009.
Best
Paper Awards
(subject to change):
USC
Marshall School of Business Trefftzs Award
of $5,000 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.
NASDAQ OMX Award of $5,000 for the best asset pricing paper.
CRA
International Corporate Finance Award
of $5,000 for the best corporate finance paper.
Wharton School-WRDS Award of $5,000 for the best paper in empirical finance.
Analysis Group Award of $5,000 for the best paper on financial institutions and markets
2009
Program Chair:
Professor William Goetzmann,