The 29th Annual Global Finance Conference

University of Minho, Braga, PORTUGAL
June 20-22, 2022

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2022

https://www.glofin.org/

The Global Finance Association and the University of Minho, Braga are pleased to announce the 29th Global Finance Conference in Braga, PORTUGAL (https://www.bloom-consulting.com/journal/braga-the-city-brand-that-brings-history-to-the-future/), June 20 – 22, 2022. Braga is the City Brand that brings history to the future. Braga is one of the oldest cities in Portugal, with over 2,000 years of existence filled with history, civilizations, people, and cultures. International Living Magazine ranks Portugal especially Braga as the best place to retire in the world. More about Braga, Portugal, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3Sh_qOyBHCg&t=1s

Professor Manuel Rocha Armada shall serve as the GFC 2022 Program Chair.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Robert Engle (https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-engle), The 2003 Nobel Laureates in Economics Sciences (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2003/engle/facts/)

Papers/proposals in the following categories are solicited:
1. Competitive Papers: Complete paper submitted by deadline; (for Best Paper Awards).
2. Work-in-Progress: Submit Abstract by the deadline; paper is to be completed by Conference date.
3. Proposal for Panel, Workshop, Tutorial.
4. Doctoral Students Papers: One of the top awards is for this category.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Please submit your paper/proposal electronically via the Global Finance Conference website https://www.glofin.org/. 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 2022 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 (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/global-finance-journal/editorial-board).

TOPICS:
1. Accounting/Auditing Issues and Taxation
2. Asset Allocation/Mutual Fund Performance/Sovereign Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs
3. Banking & Financial Services/Household Finance/Investment Banking
4. Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies/ Bitcoins/ Digital Currencies
5. BRICS, MIST, MINT, NEXT 11, PIIGS, SANE and Emerging Markets
6. Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation – Stakeholder vs Stockholders Debate
7. Global Pandemic – Global Health Issues and Impacts
8. Big Data - Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning/Cyber Security
9. Derivatives/Financial Engineering – Real Options
10. Efficiency/Valuation/Pricing/Empirical Finance/Behavioral & Experimental (Finance/Economics)
11. E-Finance/M-Finance/ E-Learning– Best Practices
12. Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital/Crowdfunding
13. Financial Markets integration/Linkages/Segmentation
14. Foreign Currency Issues – Monetary Economics
15. Global Energy & Environment Issues
16. Global Financial Crises, Imbalances/ Global Finance & Banking
17. Global Poverty – Inequality - Sustainability
18. IPOs/SEOS/Stock buybacks/Private Equity
19. Mergers and Acquisitions/ Corporate and State SWFs
20. Portfolio Flows and Foreign Direct Investment
21. Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance
22. Real Estate Finance /REITs, International RE
23. Sustainability, Social Responsibilities, ESG, and Ethics

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 31, 2022

CONTACT INFORMATION: Professor Manuel Armada, The 2022 GFC Program Chair, rarmada@eeg.uminho.pt

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Manuel Rocha Armada, University of Minho, Braga, PORTUGAL - GFC 2022 Program Chair
K.C. Chen, Chair, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
Ali Fatemi, Editor, Global Finance Journal, DePaul University, Chicago, USA
Michael Frenkel, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management-GERMANY
Ehsan Nikbakht, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York., USA
Ali M Parhizgari, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Manuchehr Shahrokhi, California State University, Fresno – Executive Director GFA-GFC

GFC 2022 - SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, AFFILIATION, COUNTRY
Aabo, Tom; Aarhus University, DENMARK
Adcock, Chris, Sheffield University, UK
Agarwal, Aman, Indian Institute of Finance, INDIA
Agarwal, JD; Indian Institute of Finance, INDIA
Agarwal; Saurabh, Indian Institute of Finance, INDIA
Aggarwal, Reena, Georgetown University, USA
Allen, Franklin, Imperial College, London, UK
Almeida, Heitor, University of Illinois, USA
Andres, Christian, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, GERMANY
Areal, Nelson, University of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Athanasakou, Vasiliki, Sobey, School of Business, CANADA
Azarmi Ted, University of Tübingen, GERMANY
Bailey, Warren B., Cornell University, USA
Baker, Malcom, Harvard University, HBS, USA
Bams, Dennis, Maastricht University, NETHERLAND
Baptista, Alexandre, The George Washington University, USA
Barber Brad, University of California at Davis, GSM, USA
Barone-Adesi, Giovanni, Università della Svizzera Italiana, SWITZERLAND
Bartholdy, Jan, Aarhus University, DENMARK
Bekaert, Geert, Columbia University, CBS, USA
Bellalah, Mondher, MIT – Accueil, TUNISIA
Berglund, Tom, Hanken, School of Economics, FINLAND
Bessler, Wolfgang, University of Giessen, JL, GERMANY
Booth, Geoffrey, Michigan State University, USA
Booth, Laurence, University of Toronto, RSM, CANADA
Brandão, Elísio, University of Porto, FEP, PORTUGAL
Brennan, Michael, University of California, UCLA, USA
Brenner, Menachem, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Brown Stephen, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Bu, Qiang, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
Burkart, Mike London School of Economics (LSE), UK
Cheng Huifang, Zhejiang University of Technology, CHINA
Cabello, Aljandra, UNAM, Mexico City; MEXICO
Cathcart, Lara, Imperial College, London, UK
Chang, Rosita, University of Hawaii, USA
Clark, Ephraim, Middlesex University London, UK
Chordia, Tarun, EMORY, GBS, USA
Cocco, João, University of London, LBS, UK
Constantinides, George M., University of Chicago, Booth SB, USA
Cooper, Ian, University of London, LBS, UK
Cortez, Maria, do Céu Univ. of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Couto, Gualter , University of Azores , SBE, PORTUGAL
Cumming, Douglas, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Custodio, Claudia, Imperial College of London, UK
Dandapani, Krishnan, Florida International University, USA
De Bondt, Werner, DePaul University, USA
De Boyrie, Maria do Céu, New Mexico State University, NM, USA
Decourt, Roberto, Universidad Vale Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), BRAZIL
Di lorio, Amalia, La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA
De Winne, Rudy, Louvain School of Management, BELGIUM
Dragota, Victor, Bucharest Academy, Economic Studies, ROMANIA
Drobetz, Wolfgang, Hamburg University, GERMANY
Duque, João, University of Lisbon, ISEG, PORTUGAL
Eckbo, Espen, Dartmouth College, Tuck SB, USA
Eling, Martin University of St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND
Elton, Edwin, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Errunza, Vihang, McGill University, CANADA
Evans, Jocelyn, College of Charleston, VA, USA
Faff, Robert, The University of Queensland, BS, AUSTRALIA
Feldman, David, University of New South Wales, BS, AUSTRALIA
Figlewski, Stephen, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Fooladi, Iraj, Dalhousie University, CANADA
Forte, Denis, Universidade Presbiteriana, Mackenzie, BRAZIL
Franke, Guenter, Universitaet Konstanz, GERMANY
Franks, Julian, University of London, LBS, UK
Frantz, Pascal, London School of Economics (LSE), UK
Gamba, Andrea, The University of Warwick, WBS, UK
Goetzmann, William, Yale University, YSM, USA
Gomes, Francisco, University of London, LBS, UK
Grinblatt, Mark, University of California, UCLA, USA
Gromb, Denis, HEC Paris, FRANCE
Gruber Martin New York University, Stern SB, USA
Hackbarth, Dirk, Boston University, QSB, USA
Harford, Jarrad, University of Washington, FSB, USA
Hrazdill, Karel, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. CANADA
Huss, Matthias, University of Zurich, FBE, SWITZERLAND
Inci, John, Bryandt University, USA
Jagannathan, Ravi, Northwestern University, KSM, USA
Jagtiani, Julapa, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, USA
Jensen, Bjarne, Astrup, Copenhagen Business School, DENMARK
John, Kose, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Júnior, Newton da Costa, Federal University of Santa Catarina, BRAZIL
Jurczenko, Emmanuel EDHEC Business School, FRANCE
Kane, Edward, Boston College, Carroll SM, USA
Karolyi, Andrew, Cornell University, Johnson GSM, SA, USA
Keim, Donald, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton SB, USA
Kempf, Alexander, Universität Köln, GERMAY
Korajczyk, Robert, Northwestern University, KSM, USA
Kryzanowski, Lawrence, Concordia University, JMSB, CANADA
Kumar Alok, University of Miami, Herbert BS, USA
Lawrence, Edward, Florida International University, USA
Leal, Cristiana C., University of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Levy, Haim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Liljeblom, Eva Hanken School of Economics, FINLAND
Lin, Bing-Huei, Securities & Futures Institute (Chairman), TAIWAN
Logue, Dennis Dartmouth College, Tuck SB, USA
Longstaff, Francis, University of California, UCLA, USA
López-Herrera, Francisco, Univ. Nacional Autónoma México, UNAM, MEXICO
Lothian, James, Fordham University, USA
Macagnan, Clea B., Universidade Vale Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), BRAZIL
Mahajan, Arvind, Texas A & University, USA
Mamede, Samuel, PN, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, BRAZIL
Martelanc, Roy, Universidade de São Paulo, FEAC, BRAZIL
Martí, Pellon José, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SPAIN
Martins, Susana, Oxford University, Nuffield College, UK
Matos, Pedro, University of Virginia, DSB, USA
Miele, Jennifer, California State University, Fresno, USA
Mello, António S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, WSB, USA
Michaelides, Alex, Imperial College of London, UK
Moshirian, Fariborz, University of New South Wales, BS, AUSTRALIA
Nakamura, Wilson, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, BRAZIL
Nguyen, Vinh, California State University, Fresno, USA
Nofsinger, John, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
Nunes, João Pedro, University Institute of Lisbon, PORTUGAL
O´Hara Maureen, Cornell University, Samuel Curtis JCS, USA
Odean, Terrance, University of California at Berkeley, HBS, USA
Oliveira, Benilde, University of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Omarova, Saule T, Cornell University, USA
Ortiz, Edgar, UNAM, Mexico City, MEXICO
Paulucci, Rogerio, IBMEC - S. Paulo, BRAZIL
Pavlov, Ivelina, University of Houston, Clear Water, USA
Paxson, Dean, The University of Manchester, MBS, UK
Phalippou, Ludovic, University of Oxford, SBS, UK
Phylaktis, Kate, City University of London, BBS, UK
Piatti, Ilaria, University of London, Queen Mary, UK
Pimentel, Pedro, University of Azores , SBE, PORTUGAL
Pindyck, Robert, MIT, Sloan School of Management, USA
Poshakwale, Sunil, Cranfield University, UK
Puaschunder, Julian, Columbia University, CBS, USA
Ramos, Sofia, ESSEC Business School, FRANCE
Raposo, Clara, University of Lisbon, ISEG, PORTUGAL
Rau, Raghavendra (Raghu), University of Cambridge, UK
Raviv, Artur, Northwestern University, KSM, USA
Rebelo, Sergio, Northwestern University, KSM, USA
Reis, Ricardo, London School of Economics (LSE), UK
Rhee, Ghon, University of Hawaii, USA
Rivera, Igor, ITSEM, Mexico, MEXICO
Ritter, Jay, University of Florida, Warrington CB, USA
Rocha, Carlos, Central Bank CAPE VERDE
Rodrigues, Artur, University of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Rogers , Dany Universidade Federal Uberlandia, BRAZIL
Rogers, Pablo Universidade Federal Uberlandia, BRAZIL
Rouwenhorst, Geert, Yale University, YSM, USA
Ruenzi, Stefan , Universität Mannheim, GERMANY
Santos, João, Federal Reserve Bank, NY, USA
Sarto, José Luís, University of Zaragoza, SPAIN
Scarpin, Jorge, Concordia College, Moorhead, USA
Scheinkman, José, Columbia University, CBS, USA
Schiozer, Rafael, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - S. Paulo, BRAZIL
Schwartz, Eduardo, University of California, UCLA, USA
Senbet, Lemma, University of Maryland, RHSSB, USA
Sercu, Piet, KU Leuven, FEB, BELGIUM
Servaes, Henry, University of London, LBS, UK
Shackleton, Mark, Lancaster University, MS, UK
Shachmurove, Yochanan, CUNY - City College of New York, USA
Silva, Tarcisio Pedro, University of Blumenau, FURB, BRAZIL
Silva, Florinda , University of Minho, EEG, PORTUGAL
Spieler, Andrew, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA
Srivastava, Anup, University of Calgary, HSB, CANADA
Starks, Laura, University Texas- Austin – MSB, USA
Stulz, Rene, The Ohio State University FCB, USA
Subrahmanyam, Marti, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Sundaresan, Suresh, Columbia University, CBS, USA
Sushanta, Mallick, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Switzer, Lorne, Concordia University, Montreal, CANADA
Szyszka, Adam, Warsaw School of Economics, POLAND
Taffler, Richard, The University of Warwick, WBS, UK
Taylor, Stephen, Lancaster University, MS, UK
Titman, Sheridan, University of Texas, McCombs, USA
Tourani-Rad, Alireza, Auckland University of Technology, NEW ZEALAND
Trigeorgis, Lenos, Cyprus University of Technology, CYPRUS
Tse, Yiuman, University of Missouri, USA
Varotto, Simone, University of Reading, HBS, UK
Verbeek, Marno, Erasmus University, RSM, NETHERLAND
Vermaelen, Theo, INSEAD, FRANCE
Vicente, Luís, University of Zaragoza, SPAIN
Vora, Gautam. University of New Mexico, USA
Walter, Ingo, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Walz, Uwe, Goethe University Frankfurt, FEBA, GERMANY
Welch, Ivo, University of California, UCLA, USA
Wolff, Christian, University of Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Wurgler, Jeffrey, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Xia, Harry, California State University, Fresno, USA
Yermack, David, New York University, Stern SB, USA
Zhang, Lu, The Ohio State University, FCB, USA
Ziemba, William L., University of British Columbia, Sauder SB, CANADA
Zmijewski, Mark, The University of Chicago, Booth SB, USA

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 31, 2022

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