2013 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
MIDWEST FINANCE ASSOCIATION
Chicago, March 13-16
Jean Helwege, Program Chair, invites members and friends of the MFA to submit papers for presentation at our 62nd Annual Meeting. Papers on any topic in finance will be considered. The meeting will be held at the Westin Chicago River North Hotel in downtown Chicago.
Keynote Speakers:
Robert L. McDonald: Erwin P. Nemmers Professor of Finance, Northwestern University
Martin S. Fridson: Global Credit Strategist, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Submission and Review of Papers:
The submission deadline is September 1, 2012. The submission fee is $35 per paper. Papers for the meeting will be reviewed anonymously and authors will be notified of the decision by December 1, 2012. We also invite volunteers to participate as discussants and session chairs.
Program Track Chairs:
Corporate Finance e Bankruptcy: Edith Hotchkiss, Boston College
Capital Structure, Dividends and Securities Issuance: Kathleen Kahle, University of Arizona
Governance: Laura Field, Penn State University
IPOs and Venture Capital: Michelle Lowry, Penn State University
Mergers and Acquisitions: Sara Moeller, University of Pittsburgh
Theory: Zsuzsanna Fluck, Michigan State University
Asset Pricing:
Empirical Investments: Kewei Hou, Ohio State University
Fixed Income and Derivatives: Jingzhi (Jay) Huang, Penn State University
Theory: Hong Yan, University of South Carolina and SAIF
Financial Institutions:
Banking: Richard Rosen, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Real Estate: Brent Ambrose, Penn State University
Underwriting, Analysts, Other: Donghang (DH) Zhang, University of South Carolina
Special Issues:
Two journals have special issues planned for the conference: the Journal of Fixed Income (with Jay Huang as the special issue editor) and the Journal of Multinational Financial Management (with Art Durnev, University of Iowa, as the special issue editor).
Further information about the conference is available
