Name of the Event: Eastern Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting
Venue: St. Pete Beach, Florida, United States
Date: April 9-12, 2008
Principal Areas of Discussion: International Banking and Credit, Capital Structure Determinants, Governance, Human Capital and CEOs, Cost of Capital and Financing Matters, Valuation Issues, Underwriters and Underwriting, Executive Compensation, Regulation and Governance and Agency Theory
Speakers: Ralph Walkling, PhD, Stratakis Chair in Corporate Governance, Drexel University
International and Local Partners of the Event: Eastern Finance Association
About Eastern Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting
The Eastern Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting is going to be held in St Pete Beach, Florida in the United States from 9th April to 12th April, 2008. The meeting would commence following a reception on Wednesday evening (April 9). Panel discussions, presentation of research papers and educational sessions will be taking place from Thursday morning (10th April) to Saturday morning (12th April). Renowned authors, panelists, speakers and moderators will be brought together in the event gracing the occasion.
Participation
There are a number of ways by which research workers and academic speakers can participate in the event and they are the following.
Panel Sessions
Tutorials
Paper Submissions
Session Chair
Program Committee
Discussions
Further details are available on the official website of Eastern Financial Association. Interested researchers and speakers can also contact Jacqueline Garner through e-mail, who has been elected as the Vice President for the 2008 program.
Spectacular Paper Awards
Outstanding awards will be given to the research papers on the following areas:
- Corporate Finance
- Investments
- Microstructure and Derivatives
- Financial Institutions
Eminent Scholar
Professor Ralph Walkling of Drexel University will be delivering the keynote speech and he will be honored by the EFA Distinguished Scholar Award for the year 2008.
Topics of Discussion
Some of the important topics that will be discussed in various sessions of the Eastern Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting include the following:
- Pricing of Equity and Measurement Issues
- Capital Structure Determinants
- Market Effectiveness and Investor Knowledge
- International Banking and Credit
- Evaluation of Portfolio Performance
- Cost of Capital and Financing Matters
- Mutual Funds and Performance of Return
- Governance, Human Capital and CEOs
- Market Microstructure and Options and Futures Markets
- Underwriters and Underwriting
- Financial Innovation and Market Microstructure
- Valuation Issues
- Banking Regulatory Issues
- Regulation and Governance
- Market Microstructure - Effectiveness and Deviations
- Executive Compensation
- Issues on Bond Market
- Agency Theory
Contact Details:
Jacqueline Garner, VP Program 2008
Drexel University
LeBow College of Business
Department of Finance
219 Academic Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104