CALL FOR PAPERS 

2014 CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN FINANCE

July 10-13, 2014
Chengdu, China 

The China International Conference in Finance (CICF) provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and stimulate exchanges on new development in finance. In the past eleven years, it has grown to be one of the prominent annual conferences in finance in the world. The next conference will be held from July 10 to July 13, 2014 in the beautiful city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province.

TOPICS: 

Papers in all areas of finance are welcome. The conference follows the format of major international conferences, with additional special sessions focusing on issues relevant to the financial development in China and other Asia-Pacific countries.

ORGANIZERS: 

China Center for Financial Research (CCFR), Tsinghua University
Sloan School of Management, MIT

CO-ORGANIZERS: 

School of Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Professor Kenneth French, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

BEST PAPER AWARDS: 

TCW Best Paper Awards (2, US$2,500 each), sponsored by the Trust Company of the West
Yihong Xia Best Paper Awards (2, US$1,000 each) for promising young scholars, sponsored by Friends of Yihong Xia
CICF Best Paper Awards (3, US$1,000 each), sponsored by the conference

PAPER SUBMISSIONS: 

Authors are invited to submit completed papers. Papers will be selected by the Program Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. Please submit your papers in electronic format (PDF files only) to:

http://editorialexpress.com/conference/CICF2014/

Paper submission deadline: January 31, 2014

The submitting authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by April 15, 2014.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: 

http://www.cicfconference.org/  or  http://www.ccfr.org.cn/cicf2014/

CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Jiang Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CONFERENCE SECRETARY GENERAL:

Li Liao, PBC School of Finance & China Center for Financial Research, Tsinghua University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR: 

Hong Yan, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, SJTU & University of South Carolina
(Email: hyan@saif.sjtu.edu.cn)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-CHAIRS: 

Sudipto Dasgupta, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Philip Dybvig, Washington University at St. Louis & Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Harrison Hong, Princeton University
Hao Zhou, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

CONTACT: 

China Center for Financial Research, Tsinghua University
Email: cicf@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn
Tel: 86-10-62773180