After the 2014 conference hosted by the CeSAM, the 15th meeting of the Belgian Financial Research Forum (BFRF) will take place at the National Bank of Belgium in Brussels on May 10, 2016. This year the keynote speech will be given by Prof. John Campbell (Harvard University). Papers for presentation from all fields of finance are welcome. Junior and senior researchers are encouraged to present their work.
For the first time this research forum will be jointly organized by HEC-Liège, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain School of Management, Universiteit Antwerpen, Universiteit Gent, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Mons, Université de Namur, Vlerick Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. This forum provides a unique opportunity to discuss ongoing research in one of the parallel sessions and in a more informal way during the breaks or over lunch.
Papers for presentation from all fields of finance are welcome. Junior and senior researchers are encouraged to present their work. We will do our best to make sure that senior researchers will keep up the BFRF tradition by attending the conference and giving their younger colleagues guidance and practical advice. We will give particular attention to the allocation of discussions based on the research specialty of the discussants, so that presenters will get the best comments on their work.
Keynote Speech
This year the keynote speech will be given by Prof. John Campbell (Harvard University). John Y. Campbell is the Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He grew up in Oxford, England, and received a BA from Oxford in 1979. He came to the United States to attend graduate school, earning his PhD from Yale in 1984. Campbell has published over 80 articles on various aspects of finance and macroeconomics, including fixed-income securities, equity valuation, and portfolio choice. His books include The Econometrics of Financial Markets (with Andrew Lo and Craig MacKinlay, Princeton University Press 1997), Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors (with Luis Viceira, Oxford University Press 2002), and The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System (with the Squam Lake Group of financial economists, Princeton University Press 2010). Campbell served as President of the American Finance Association in 2005 and as President of the International Atlantic Economic Society in 2009. He is a Research Associate and former Director of the Program in Asset Pricing at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and holds honorary doctorates from the University of Maastricht, the University of Paris Dauphine, and Copenhagen Business School.
Submission
Full papers should be sent (in pdf) no later than April 1, 2016 via conference maker. Please include the following information in your submission:
- An abstract of the paper, not exceeding 300 words
- The subfield of finance for which you would like to submit among the following list: Asset Pricing/Management; Corporate Finance/Governance; Banking; Microstructure; International Finance; Financial Econometrics; Macro-Finance; Systemic risk; Financial Networks.
- Contact information (name, affiliation, email) for all authors
Submissions will be carefully examined by a scientific committee of experts and the presentations will be commented by the participating discussants or by attending senior researchers and academics. A notice of acceptance for presentation will be sent by mid-April.
Registration
The registration form is available on conference-maker.
Payment:
A €50 participation fee will be charged for coffee breaks and lunch. Travel and accommodation expenses are not covered by this fee.
To proceed with the payment: Bank : ING - 2, rue des Wallons — 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Account number: 310-0959001-48, IBAN CODE: BE11.3100.9590.0148, BIC CODE (SWIFT): BBRUBEBB
With communication: 41.11000.031 + "Participant Name". If an invoice is required, please contact Sabine Finné (sabine.finne@uclouvain.be) for further information.
Deadline:
The deadline for registration and payment is May 1, 2016.
Tentative program
8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 10:30: Parallel sessions
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00: Keynote speech
12:00 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 15:00: Parallel sessions
15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00: Parallel sessions
17:00: End of the Financial Forum