Feb 13, 2017

CfP: 8th Emerging Markets Finance Conference, Indira Gandhi Institute

*Call For Papers8th Emerging Markets Finance Conference*

17th - 20th December, 2017

The Finance Research Group at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research is inviting papers to be submitted for the 8th Emerging Markets
Finance, 2017, conference. In the past, the audience for these events has
comprised of academics, participants from the legal and financial industry,
policy makers from government and regulators. Details of the previous
conferences can be viewed at http://www.ifrogs.org/conf.html


TOPICS: The conference aims to cover presentations and discussions across
the following set of research topics:
- Unique features of emerging markets asset pricing
- Liquidity and liquidity risk in emerging markets
- Risk measurement and risk management
- New thinking in market design
- How investors and households participate in equity and debt markets, and
how they respond to news and information
- How emerging market firms finance themselves
- Corporate governance in emerging markets
- The political economy of finance
- Consequences of infirmities of regulation and supervision
- Law and finance in the emerging market finance setting

DATES:
- Paper submission deadline: 31st July 2017
- Expected date for notification of acceptance: 16th Aug 2017
- Dates of the conference: 17th - 20th December 2017

SUPPORT: Financial support for academic authors whose papers have been
accepted at the conference includes travel support of up to USD 1000 as
well as accommodation at the conference venue for 4 nights of the
conference (16th to 19th December).

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Submissions of the papers must be sent as PDF
files, to Jyoti Manke at jyoti@igidr.ac.in

For any clarifications, please contact Jyoti at +91-22-28416592
<+91%2022% 202841%206592> ; (office) or +91-98205-20180 <+91%2098205% 2020180>
(cellphone).