Global Finance  Conference

2020

18-20 May, 2020  |  Hangzhou, China

27th Annual GFC

Call For Papers & Proposals

Deadline: Jan 31, 2020

The 27th Annual Global Finance Conference shall be hosted by Zhejiang University of Technology (ZUT), Hangzhou, CHINA, May 18-20, 2020. Professor Huifang Cheng, of ZUT shall serve as the GFC 2020 Program

co-Chair. China and Global Economy Challenges is the theme.

Papers/proposals in these categories are solicited:
 

1. Competitive Papers: Completed by deadline; considered for the Best Paper Awards.

2. Work-in-Progress: Abstract submitted by the deadline and completed by Conference date.

3. Proposal for Panel, Workshop, Tutorial

4. Doctoral Students Papers: One Top awards is for this category.
    

Please submit your paper/proposal electronically via the Global Finance Conference website <www.glofin.org/>.  The first page shall contain the title, track identification number (see conference topics below) and authors’ name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone, and fax. The body of the paper shall not have any author identification and must begin with the paper title and abstract. All entries will be refereed through a double-blind review process.

Authors of accepted papers may submit a two-page detailed abstract for the 2020 GFC e-Proceedings.  The top six (6) papers presented at the Conference would be awarded on a competitive basis and would be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Global Finance Journal. One of the awards is dedicated to the doctoral student papers.

Contact

Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Ph.D.
Professor/GFC 2020 Program co-Chair Exec. Director, Global Finance Association-Conference

California State University–Fresno, CA, USA
shahrokhi@glofin.org

Huifang, Cheng, Ph.D.

Professor/Dean/ Program co-Chair, GFC 2020

Zhejiang Univ. of Technology, Hangzhou, CHINA
chfbcn@163.com  

Paper Topics

1. Asset Allocation/Sovereign Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs/SWFs

2. Banking & Financial Services/Investment Banking

3. BRICS, Emerging Markets, and other Up and Coming Economies

4. Country Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance

5. China and Global Finance and Global Economy

6. Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation

7. Derivatives/Financial Engineering

8. E-Business/E-Finance/M-Finance/Social Media and Financial Services

9. E-Learning-Education – Best Practices

10. Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital

11. Ethics/Legal/Regulatory and Taxation Issues

12. Financial Markets integration/Linkages/Segmentation

13. Foreign Currency Issues – Monetary Economics

14. Global Financial Crises, Imbalances, SRI, CSR

15. Interest-Free Banking/Islamic Finance/Banking

16. IPOs/SEOS/Stock buybacks/Privatization

17. Market Behavior Efficiency/Inefficiency

18. Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate and State SWFs

19. Portfolio Flows and Foreign Direct Investment

20. Valuation/Pricing

Keynote Speaker (TBD)

Committee

Executive Committee

Manuchehr Shahrokhi​

Huifang Cheng, Dean

K.C. Chen

Ali Fatemi

Michael Frenkel

Ehsan Nikbakht

California State University - Fresno, CA, USA

Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, CHINA

California State University – Fresno, CA, USA

DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA

WHU Koblenz, GERMANY

Hofstra University, New York, USA

Program Committee

Christian Andres
Ted Azarmi
Rosita Chang
Kevin Daly
Krishnan Dandapani
Maria De Boyrie
Iraj Fooladi
Fu Hao
Can (John) Inci
Edward Lawrence

Shahriar Khaksari
Ricardo Leal
XIndan Li
HongZhong Liu
Arvind Mahajan
Edgar Ortiz
James E. Owers
Maria Pacurar
Ali M. Parhizgari
Pei Changhong
Sunil S. Poshakwale
Ghon Rhee
Igor P. Rivera
Yochanan Shachmurove
John Shutt
Lorne Switzer
Adam Szyszka
Jacky So
Amine Tarazi
Yiuman Tse
Gautam Vora

Jun Wang
Dorota Witkowska

Harry Xia

Demir Yener

Yeomin Yoon

Yu Shao

WHU Koblenz, GERMANY
University of Tübingen, Heilbronn, GERMANY
University of Hawaii, USA
University of Western Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Florida International University, USA
New Mexico State University, USA
Dalhousie University, CANADA
Shanghai Stock Exchange, China
Bryant University, USA
Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Suffolk University, Boston, MA, USA
COPEAD, Rio, BRAZIL
NanJing University, CHINA
Fudan University, CHINA
Texas A&M University, USA
UNAM, Mexico City, MEXICO
Georgia State University, USA
Dalhousie University, CANADA
Florida International University, USA
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, CHINA
Cranfield University, UK
University of Hawaii, USA
ITESM – Mexico City, MEXICO
City University of NEW YORK, USA
Leeds Beckett University, UK
Concordia University, CANADA
Warsaw School of Economics, POLAND
Dean, University of Macau, CHINA
LAPE, Université de Limoges, FRANCE
University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA
University of New Mexico, USA

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA
University of Lodz, Lodz, POLAND

California State Univ. Fresno, CA, USA

Johns Hopkins University, USA

Seton Hall Univ., New Jersey, USA

Orient Securities Co. LTD, Shanghai CHINA

Program

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