Announcing 2016 Financial Institutions, Regulation & Corporate Governance (FIRCG) Conference Online Proceedings on SSRN

In cooperation with University of Melbourne, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 2016 Financial Institutions, Regulation & Corporate Governance (FIRCG) Conference. The proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of publicly available papers presented at the conference with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The University of Melbourne’s Financial Institutions, Regulation and Corporate Governance (FIRCG) research group held its inaugural two day conference titled “Bitcoins, hedge funds and tennis balls” on 22-23 January 2016 at Melbourne Business School. The conference – which was a result of the close collaboration between Melbourne Business School and the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne – aimed to discuss issues that affect financial institutions, corporate governance and risk management. These issues are increasingly global in nature, making the ability to connect and collaborate internationally increasingly important, especially for a nation like Australia, whose economy is one of the most open in the world and highly sensitive to economic changes elsewhere.

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Conference URL: http://mbs.edu/fircg

Stanford University Joins ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers

We are pleased to announce Stanford-Zurich Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University has started an ERN Public Policy Centers Research Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

STANFORD-ZURICH IMMIGRATION POLICY LAB WORKING PAPER SERIES

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The Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) assesses and proposes policies and programs focused on the integration of immigrants and refugees to host countries throughout the world. Its research program is premised on the observation that we know very little about whether policies currently in place achieve their stated goals and actually foster the integration of immigrants into the host societies. IPL researchers rely on techniques that leverage experimental and quasi-experimental methods (such as micro-level randomized field experiments and natural experiments) with common study protocols to quantify the social and economic returns to immigration policies. With branches at Stanford University and the University of Zurich, IPL has affiliated faculty at Berkeley, Dartmouth, London School of Economics, Princeton and Uppsala. The IPL is committed to systematic evaluations of policies that meet high scientific standards yet also inform the policy-making community.

Announcing 28th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2015 eJournal

In cooperation with the Institute of Global Finance and the School of Banking and Finance at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 28th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2015 eJournal. This eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the meeting papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The Australasian Finance and Banking Conference is an annual event organized by the Institute of Global Finance and the School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business, (UNSW). The event aims to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, academics, and practitioners interested in finance and banking fields, and draws a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to Sydney every December. The conference runs over three days and includes plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers, break-out sessions, social events, a Business Forum with participation of eminent business leaders and policy makers, a one day PhD Forum that attracts papers for presentations from amongst the best business schools around the world, and other initiatives such as the Networking Women in Finance session that discusses gender initiatives in the field. There are a number of prizes for best papers in different fields associated with this conference, including a BlackRock prize of $10,000 for the best paper in Mutual Funds and/or Capital Markets. This eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the Annual Conference. Abstracts of the papers will also be distributed in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

ISBN: 978-0-9873127-6-1

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Conference URL: http://www.banking.unsw.edu.au/afbc

University of British Columbia Joins Law Research Centers Papers

We are pleased to announce the Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project (APDR) at University of British Columbia – Peter A. Allard School of Law, has started a Law Research Centers Papers series within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

ASIA PACIFIC DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROJECT (APDR) WORKING PAPER SERIES

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The APDR Working Paper Series is an important element of the dissemination strategy for research findings in the Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution (APDR) Project supported by the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). APDR Working Papers are works in progress that have been presented at APDR conferences, workshops and other events. These papers reflect the rich academic and policy discussions that take place during our APDR project events. To accommodate our colleagues, some papers are published in their original language with an English language abstract.

Announcing New FEN Consumer Financial Fraud Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal

We are pleased to announce a new Financial Economics Network (FEN) Sponsored Subject Matter eJournal – Consumer Financial Fraud eJournal, sponsored by FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

Sponsored by…

CONSUMER FINANCIAL FRAUD eJOURNAL

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Editors: Geraldine Walsh, President, FINRA Investor Education Foundation,Gary R. Mottola, Research Director FINRA Foundation, Christine Kieffer, Senior Director, FINRA Foundation’s Investor Protection Campaign, and Susan Arthur, Associate Director, FINRA Foundation’s Investor Protection Campaign

Sponsor: The mission of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (www.finrafoundation.org) is to provide underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life. The FINRA Foundation envisions a society characterized by universal financial literacy. The FINRA Foundation’s Investor Protection Campaign aims to educate investors and intermediaries to reduce the incidence of investment fraud. Through research, education and outreach, the program increases fraud prevention awareness, empowers consumers and trains law enforcement and other advocates to recognize, prevent and assist victims of financial fraud.

Description: Research on consumer financial fraud is currently spread across a number of fields – including behavioral economics, psychology, marketing, law, finance and criminology. This eJournal includes working and accepted paper abstracts covering all aspects of consumer financial fraud to practitioners across these disparate fields. The objective is to expand the body of knowledge on financial fraud, make research findings and their implications more accessible to academics and policy makers, and encourage research in this field by providing researchers with a distribution channel that targets stakeholders in many relevant disciplines. For the purposes of this eJournal, consumer financial fraud is defined broadly as intentionally and knowingly deceiving the victim by misrepresenting, concealing or omitting facts about promised goods, services or other benefits and consequences that are nonexistent, unnecessary, never intended to be provided or deliberately distorted for the purpose of monetary gain. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, measuring the incidence and prevalence of financial fraud, profiling victims and fraudsters, understanding the causes and consequences of financial fraud, exploring relationships between cognitive ability and fraud victimization, fMRI research on fraud victims and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to prevent financial fraud.

This eJournal is NOT focused on frauds that target organizations, such as embezzlement, corruption and tax evasion. In addition, this eJournal focuses on frauds where victims are deceived or persuaded into participating in a fraudulent transaction – so frauds like identity theft and credit card theft are outside its scope.

Advisory Board
GARY BARKSDALE
Deputy Chief Postal Inspector, Government of the United States of America – United States Postal Inspection Service

LAURA L. CARSTENSEN
Professor and Director, Stanford University – Stanford Center on Longevity

MARTHA DEEVY
Senior Research Scholar and Director, Financial Security Division, Stanford University – Stanford Center on Longevity

MELODYE KLEINMAN
Executive Director, National Telemarketing Victim Call Center

ANNAMARIA LUSARDI
Denit Trust Chair of Economics and Accountancy, George Washington University – Department of Accountancy, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

OLIVIA S. MITCHELL
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Executive Director, Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

DOUG SHADEL
State Director, AARP Washington, Lead Researcher, AARP Fraud Watch Network

JUDY VAN WYK
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Rhode Island – Department of Sociology & Anthropology

 

Announcing CAAA 2016 Annual Conference eJournal

In cooperation with the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), the Accounting Research Network (ARN) is pleased to announce the 2016 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference eJournal. The eJournal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

The Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) is an organization of accounting educators, professional accountants, and others who are involved in, or concerned about, research and education in accounting and related areas.

CAAA 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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Conference URL: http://www.caaa.ca/news-and-events/2016-caaa-annual-conference/

With the advent of International Financial Reporting Standards, accounting is more than ever a global field where professionals, scholars and practitioners evolve and work across borders. Accounting research has greatly benefited from the opening of institutional and other borders as it has provided for greater opportunities to expand research domains and to enhance the diversity of accounting academe. By its content and orientation, this year’s conference intends to reflect such trends.

Moreover, in the spirit of accounting research being increasingly international, the CAAA opens up its own frontier by holding its annual conference jointly with the Association francophone de comptabilia (French Accounting Association), France’s leading accounting academic association; thus, allowing for further international networking and, yes, connections.

Deutsche Bundesbank Joins ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series

We are pleased to announce Deutsche Bundesbank has joined our ERN Government & Public Agency Research Paper Series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).

DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES

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The Deutsche Bundesbank is the independent central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany. Eurosystem monetary policy is the Bundesbank’s core business area. Other core business areas include the financial and monetary system, banking supervision, cashless payments and cash operations. The Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Papers series focuses on research on monetary policy and price stability, financial stability and macro-prudential supervision, micro-prudential supervision and the behaviour of financial institutions, as well as the behaviour of households and firms. Opinions and conclusions expressed in the Bundesbank Discussion Papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bundesbank or the Eurosystem.

 

Announcing 6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference eJournal

In cooperation with University of Miami, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the 6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference eJournal. This eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The Behavioral Finance Conference at the University of Miami draws top researchers from around the world with a focus on behavioral financial economics. The conference features innovative research in the fields of behavioral finance, neuroeconomics, and experimental finance. Publication outlets of papers featured at the conference include leading journals in finance and economics, such as the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the American Economic Review, and the Journal of Political Economy.

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Conference URL: http://bus.miami.edu/umbfc/