33rd Annual Global Finance Conference
Keynote Speaker
Professor Joel Mokyr, PhD
2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics
Northwestern University, USA
Program Chair
João C. A. Teixeira
School of Business and Economics, University of the Azores, Portugal
Program Co-Chairs
Tiago F. A. Matos
School of Business and Economics, University of the Azores, Portugal
Tiago M. Dutra
School of Business and Economics, University of the Azores, Portugal
Conference Executive Director
Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Finance & Global Business
Craig School of Business – California State University, Fresno
Founding Editor, Global Finance Conference
Meet the Editors Panel
Tony Klein
Finance Research Letters
Tracy Yue Wang
Journal of Corporate Finance
Arman Eshraghi
Global Finance Journal
Ivan Diaz-Rainey
Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment
David Feldman
Quarterly Journal of Finance
Perry Sadorsky
Energy Finance
Vicenzo Capizzi
Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
Ehsan Nikbakht
Meet the Editors Organizer
Ali Fatemi
Session Chair
Executive Committee
- Manuchehr Shahrokhi, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
- K.C. Chen, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
- Ali Fatemi, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Michael Frenkel, WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management, GERMANY
- Arvind Mahajan, Texas A &M University, College Park, TX, USA
- Ehsan Nikbakht, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA
- Ali M. Parhizgari, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Conference Topics
Among the wide scope of the topics, the main themes of this year’s conference are Energy, Sustainability, Fintech including AI, and Climate change. Other topics in global financial economics may include:
- Alternative Investments
- Asset Allocation/Sovereign Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs/SWFs
- Banking & Financial Services – Integrations – Linkages.
- Corporate Governance/Executive Compensation
- Country Risk/Debt Issues/Insurance/Reinsurance
- Derivatives/Financial Engineering
- E-Business/E-Finance/Social Media
- Emerging Markets/BRICS
- Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital Global Perspectives
- Ethics/Legal/Regulatory, Accounting, Auditing and Taxation Issues
- Financial Crises and Bubbles: Causes/Impacts/Solutions
- Financial Technology including AI, ML & Financial Information Systems
- Foreign Currency Issues – Global Multi-Currency System
- Future of Global Economy- Imbalances, Sustainability, CSR, Climate Issues
- Global Trade Issues – Free Trade – Trade Barriers & Protections
- Imbalances, CSR, financial impacts of climate change
- IPOs/SEOS/Stock buybacks/Privatization
- Market Behavior Efficiency/Inefficiency
- Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate and State SWFs
- Non-Traditional Banking & Financial Services
- Portfolio Flows and Foreign Direct Investment
- Real estate - global perspectives
- Valuation, Portfolio Management and Managing Financial Risk
Scientific Committee
| First Name | Last Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | Aabo | Aarhus University | Denmark |
| Chris | Adcock | Sheffield University | UK |
| Reena | Aggarwal | Georgetown University | USA |
| Franklin | Allen | Imperial College, London | UK |
| Heitor | Almeida | University of Illinois | USA |
| Christian | Andres | WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management | Germany |
| Nelson | Areal | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Vasiliki | Athanasakou | Sobey School of Business | Canada |
| Ted | Azarmi | University of Tübingen | Germany |
| Warren B. | Bailey | Cornell University | USA |
| Malcom | Baker | Harvard University, HBS | USA |
| Dennis | Bams | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
| Alexandre | Baptista | The George Washington University | USA |
| Brad | Barber | University of California Davis, GSM | USA |
| Geert | Bekaert | Columbia University, CBS | USA |
| Mondher | Bellalah | MIT Tunisia | Tunisia |
| Tom | Berglund | Hanken School of Economics | Finland |
| Wolfgang | Bessler | University of Giessen, JL | Germany |
| Rita | Biswas | University at Albany | USA |
| Selma | Boussetta | University of Bordeaux | France |
| Elísio | Brandão | University of Porto, FEP | Portugal |
| Menachem | Brenner | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Stephen | Brown | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| Qiang | Bu | Penn State Harrisburg | USA |
| Mike | Burkart | London School of Economics (LSE) | UK |
| Aljandra | Cabello | UNAM, Mexico City | Mexico |
| Gualter | Câmara | University of the Azores, SBE | Portugal |
| Susana | Campos-Martins | Catolica University, Lisbon | Portugal |
| Vincenzo | Capizzi | University of Piemonte Orientale | Italy |
| Lara | Cathcart | Imperial College, London | UK |
| Rosita | Chang | University of Hawaii | USA |
| Huifang | Cheng | Zhejiang University of Technology | China |
| Tarun | Chordia | Emory University, GBS | USA |
| Helena | Chuliá | Universitat de Barcelona | Spain |
| Ephraim | Clark | Middlesex University London | UK |
| João | Cocco | University of London, LBS | UK |
| Luís | Coelho | University of Algarve | Portugal |
| George M. | Constantinides | University of Chicago, Booth SB | USA |
| Ian | Cooper | University of London, LBS | UK |
| Maria do Céu | Cortez | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Claudia | Custodio | Imperial College of London | UK |
| Krishnan | Dandapani | Florida International University | USA |
| Werner | De Bondt | DePaul University | USA |
| Maria | De Boyrie | New Mexico State University, NM | USA |
| Roberto | Decourt | Universidade Vale Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) | Brazil |
| Amalia | Di lorio | La Trobe University | Australia |
| Victor | Dragota | Bucharest University of Economic Studies | Romania |
| Wolfgang | Drobetz | Hamburg University | Germany |
| João | Duque | University of Lisbon, ISEG | Portugal |
| Tiago | Dutra | University of the Azores, SBE | Portugal |
| Espen | Eckbo | Dartmouth College, Tuck SB | USA |
| Martin | Eling | University of St. Gallen | Switzerland |
| Edwin | Elton | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Vihang | Errunza | McGill University | Canada |
| Joycelyn | Evans | College of Charleston, VA | USA |
| Robert | Faff | The University of Queensland, BS | Australia |
| David | Feldman | University of New South Wales, BS | Australia |
| Mário | Fernandes | Business Research Unit, ISCTE | Portugal |
| Stephen | Figlewski | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Iraj | Fooladi | Dalhousie University | Canada |
| Guenter | Franke | Universitaet Konstanz | Germany |
| Julian | Franks | University of London, LBS | UK |
| Pascal | Frantz | London School of Economics (LSE) | UK |
| Andrea | Gamba | The University of Warwick, WBS | UK |
| Lucia | Gibilaro | LUMSA University, Rome | Italy |
| Javier | Gil-Bazo | Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona | Spain |
| Bolivar | Godinho | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | Brazil |
| William | Goetzmann | Yale University, YSM | USA |
| Francisco | Gomes | University of London, LBS | UK |
| Francisco | González | University of Oviedo | Spain |
| Denis | Gromb | HEC Paris | France |
| Martin | Gruber | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Marta | Gómez-Puig | Universitat de Barcelona | Spain |
| Dirk | Hackbarth | Boston University, QSB | USA |
| Jarrad | Harford | University of Washington, FSB | USA |
| Karel | Hrazdil | Simon & Fraser University, BC | Canada |
| Matthias | Huss | University of Zurich, FBE | Switzerland |
| John | Inci | Bryant University | USA |
| Ravi | Jagannathan | Northwestern University, KSM | USA |
| Julapa | Jagtiani | Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia | USA |
| Bjarne Astrup | Jensen | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark |
| Kose | John | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Newton da Costa | Júnior | Federal University of Santa Catarina | Brazil |
| Emmanuel | Jurczenko | EDHEC Business School | France |
| Andrew | Karolyi | Cornell University, Johnson GSM | USA |
| Manolis | Kavussanos | Athens University, Economics&Business | Greece |
| Donald | Keim | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School | USA |
| Alexander | Kempf | Universität zu Köln | Germany |
| Marcelo | Klotzle | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| Mustafa | Kocoglu | Erciyes University | Türkiye |
| Robert | Korajczyk | Northwestern University, KSM | USA |
| Lawrence | Kryzanowski | Concordia University, JMSB | Canada |
| Alok | Kumar | University of Miami, Herbert BS | USA |
| Edward | Lawrence | Florida International University | USA |
| Cristiana C. | Leal | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Xue | Lei | School of Management Shanghai Univ. | China |
| Haim | Levy | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| Eva | Liljeblom | Hanken School of Economics | Finland |
| Bing-Huei | Lin | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan |
| Samuel | Lyncoln Lima | University of Blumenau FURB | Brazil |
| Dennis | Logue | Dartmouth College, Tuck SB | USA |
| Francis | Longstaff | University of California, UCLA | USA |
| Gilberto | Loureiro | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| James | Lothian | Fordham University | USA |
| Francisco | López-Herrera | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico |
| Leandro | Maciel | University of São Paulo | Brazil |
| Arvind | Mahajan | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Guido | Mantovani | International University of Monaco | Monaco |
| Roy | Martelanc | Universidade de São Paulo, FEAC | Brazil |
| José | Martí Pellon | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Spain |
| Antonio | Martins | University of Madeira | Portugal |
| Cesario | Mateus | University of Aalborg | Denmark |
| Irina | Mateus | University of Aalborg | Denmark |
| Pedro | Matos | University of Virginia, DSB | USA |
| Tiago | Matos | University of the Azores, SBE | Portugal |
| Gianluca | Mattarocci | Tor Vergata, Rome | Italy |
| António S. | Mello | University of Wisconsin-Madison, WSB | USA |
| Alex | Michaelides | Imperial College of London | UK |
| Jennifer | Miele | California State University, Fresno | USA |
| Fariborz | Moshirian | University of New South Wales, BS | Australia |
| Vinh | Nguyen | California State University, Fresno | USA |
| John | Nofsinger | University of Alaska Anchorage | USA |
| João Pedro | Nunes | University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE | Portugal |
| Rodolfo | Nunes | Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF | Brazil |
| Maureen | O'Hara | Cornell University, Samuel Curtis JCS | USA |
| Terrance | Odean | University of California at Berkeley, HBS | USA |
| Benilde | Oliveira | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Anna | Omarini | Bocconi University, SDA | Italy |
| Saule T. | Omarova | Cornell University | USA |
| Edgar | Ortiz | UNAM, Mexico City | Mexico |
| Luís | Otero | University of Santiago de Compostela | Spain |
| James | Owers | Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA | USA |
| Rogerio | Paulucci | IBMEC - São Paulo | Brazil |
| Ivelina | Pavlov | University of Houston, Clear Lake | USA |
| Dean | Paxson | The University of Manchester, MBS | UK |
| Ludovic | Phalippou | University of Oxford, SBS | UK |
| Kate | Phylaktis | City University of London, BBS | UK |
| Ilaria | Piatti | University of London, Queen Mary | UK |
| Robert | Pindyck | MIT, Sloan School of Management | USA |
| Salvatore | Polizzi | University of Palermo | Italy |
| Sunil | Poshakwale | Cranfield University | UK |
| Julia | Puaschunder | International University of Monaco | Monaco |
| Sofia | Ramos | ESSEC Business school | France |
| Clara | Raposo | University of Lisbon, ISEG | Portugal |
| Raghavendra | Rau | University of Cambridge | UK |
| Artur | Raviv | Northwestern University, KSM | USA |
| Sergio | Rebelo | Northwestern University, KSM | USA |
| Ricardo | Reis | London School of Economics (LSE) | UK |
| Ghon | Rhee | University of Hawaii | USA |
| Jay | Ritter | University of Florida, Warrington CB | USA |
| Igor | Rivera | ITSEM, Mexico | Mexico |
| Carlos | Rocha | Central Bank of Cape Verde | Cape Verde |
| Manuel | Rocha Armada | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Maria Luísa | Rocha | University of the Azores, SBE | Portugal |
| Artur | Rodrigues | Faculty of Economics - Porto | Portugal |
| Geert | Rouwenhorst | Yale University, YSM | USA |
| Stefan | Ruenzi | Universität Mannheim | Germany |
| João | Santos | Federal Reserve Bank, NY | USA |
| José Luís | Sarto | University of Zaragoza | Spain |
| Jorge | Scarpin | Concordia College, Moorhead | USA |
| José | Scheinkman | Columbia University, CBS | USA |
| Rafael | Schiozer | Fundação Getúlio Vargas - S. Paulo | Brazil |
| Markus | Schmid | University of St. Gallen, SIBF | Switzerland |
| Eduardo | Schwartz | University of California, UCLA | USA |
| Lemma | Senbet | University of Maryland, RHSSB | USA |
| Piet | Sercu | KU Leuven, FEB | Belgium |
| Henri | Servaes | University of London, LBS | UK |
| Yochanan | Shachmurove | CUNY - City College of New York | USA |
| Mark | Shackleton | Lancaster University, MS | UK |
| Florinda | Silva | University of Minho, EEG | Portugal |
| Tarcisio Pedro | Silva | University of Blumenau, FURB | Brazil |
| Andrew | Spieler | Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY | USA |
| Anup | Srivastava | University of Calgary, HSB | Canada |
| Rene | Stulz | The Ohio State University FCB | USA |
| Marti | Subrahmanyam | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Suresh | Sundaresan | Columbia University, CBS | USA |
| Mallick | Sushanta | Queen Mary University of London | UK |
| Lorne | Switzer | Concordia University, Montreal | Canada |
| Adam | Szyszka | SGH Warsaw School of Economics | Poland |
| Richard | Taffler | The University of Warwick, WBS | UK |
| Amine | Tarazi | LAPE, Université de Limoges | France |
| Stephen | Taylor | Lancaster University, MS | UK |
| João | Teixeira | University of the Azores, SBE | Portugal |
| Sheridan | Titman | University of Texas, McCombs | USA |
| Alireza | Tourani-Rad | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand |
| Annie | Triantafillou | Deree-The American College of Greece | Greece |
| Lenos | Trigeorgis | University of Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Yiuman | Tse | University of Missouri, St. Louis | USA |
| Simone | Varotto | University of Reading, HBS | UK |
| Marno | Verbeek | Erasmus University, RSM | Netherlands |
| Theo | Vermaelen | INSEAD | France |
| Luís | Vicente | University of Zaragoza | Spain |
| João Paulo | Vieito | Polytech Institue, IP Viana Castelo | Portugal |
| Gautam | Vora | University of New Mexico | USA |
| Uwe | Walz | Goethe University Frankfurt, FEBA | Germany |
| Ivo | Welch | University of California, UCLA | USA |
| Christian | Wolff | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Jeffrey | Wurgler | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Harry | Xia | California State University, Fresno | USA |
| Wenjuan | Xie | University of New Hampshire | USA |
| Demir | Yener | Johns Hopkins University | USA |
| David | Yermack | New York University, Stern SB | USA |
| Stefano | Zedda | University of Cagliari | Italy |
| Lu | Zhang | The Ohio State University | USA |
| Mark | Zmijewski | The University of Chicago, Booth SB | USA |