New for 2008!
Financial Management
Published on behalf of the Financial Management Association International
Edited by:
William G. Christie Vandberbilt University
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 23/48 Business, Finance
Impact Factor: 0.889
Financial Management (FM) serves both academics and practitioners concerned with the financial management of nonfinancial businesses, financial institutions, and public or private not-for-profit organizations.
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2009 FMA CONFERENCES
2009 Asian Conference
The 2009 Asian Conference will be held May 6-8, 2009 at Xiamen University in Xiamen, China.
FMA's Asian Conference will be a new type of meeting for FMA International - smaller than our traditional meetings and operating only a few high-quality concurrent sessions, but will still incorporate the unique features of FMA's other meetings, including:
• Submitted papers selected by a program committee
• Prominent emphasis on "bridging theory and practice" with specific interest in describing
and evaluating current financial and economic conditions in the region
• Ample opportunities for participants to meet one another in a social setting
• Doctoral symposium similar to the other FMA meetings
Program Co-Chairs: Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University, USA; Shinong Wu, Xiamen University, China; Qian Sun, Xiamen University, China; Martin Young, Massey University, NZ.
Deadline Summary: Program Committee Member Application: October 1, 2008
Completed Papers and Abstracts: November 14, 2008
Panel Discussion Proposals: November 14, 2008
Session Chairpersons or Paper Discussants: January 15, 2009
For more information, go to: www.fma.org/Xiamen/XiamenOpening.html
2009 FMA European Conference
The Fourteenth Annual FMA European Conference will be held June 3-5, 2009 at the Jolly Hotel Ambasciatori in Torino, Italy.
FMA's European Conference brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in financial decision-making. The meeting provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management and related topics.
Doctoral Student Consortium
FMA's European Doctoral Student Consortium is held in conjunction with the FMA European
Conference. This consortium brings together leading scholars and doctoral students to discuss
current research issues and the students' dissertations.
Program Co-Chairs: Craig M. Lewis, Vanderbilt University, Ruggero Bertelli, University of Siena
Deadline Summary: Program Committee Member Application: November 17, 2008
Completed Papers and Abstracts: December 1, 2008
Session Chairperson or Paper Discussant: February 2, 2009
Doctoral Student Seminar Applications: February 2, 2009
For more information, go to: www.fma.org/Turin/TurinOpening.html
2009 FMA Annual Meeting
The Thirty-Ninth Annual FMA Meeting will be held October 21-24, 2009 at the Nugget Hotel in Reno, Nevada.
FMA's Annual Meeting brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in financial decision-making. The meeting provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management and related topics.
The program includes traditional research paper presentations, with the purpose of presenting new and unpublished research. Criteria used to select papers for the program include the nature of the research problem, implications of the proposed research, the quality of the research design, and the expected contribution of the research to the literature.
FMA's Doctoral Student Consortium will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 under the direction of Michael Lemmon, University of Utah. This Consortium brings together leading scholars and doctoral students to discuss current research issues and the students' dissertations.
Program Track Chairs
To maintain the quality of its program, FMA uses a track chair system. Track chairs receive the evaluation of presentation proposals from the Program Committee members and design sessions based on their evaluations. The tracks chairs for 2009 are:
Corporate Finance
Murillo Campello, University of Illinois
Mara Faccio, Purdue University
Joseph Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Darius Miller, Southern Methodist University
Derivatives
Jeff Fleming, Rice University
Financial Education
Betty Simkins, Oklahoma State University
Financial Institutions
Jun-Koo Kang, Michigan State University
Deadline Summary: Completed Papers and Abstracts: January 15, 2009
Special Session Suggestions: January 15, 2009
Program Committee Applications: January 15, 2009
Chair and Discussant Requests: March 23, 2009
Doctoral Student Consortium Applications: May 15, 2009
For more information, go to: www.fma.org/Reno/RenoOpening.html
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TopHighlights
Dividend Policy Inside the Multinational Firm
Desai, Foley and Hines Jr.
Vol 36-1
Product Development and Market Expansion: A Real Options Model
Gamba and Micalizzi
Vol 36-1
Value of Conglomerates and Capital Market Conditions
Yan
Vol 35-4
On the Accuracy of Different Measures of q
Erickson and Whited
Vol 35-3
Stock Liquidity and Investment Opportunities: Evidence from Index Additions
Becker-Blease and Paul
Vol 35-3
Do Investors Capture the Value Premium?
Hogue and Loughran
Vol 35-2
Investor Recognition, Liquidity, and Exchange Listings in the Reformed Markets
Jain and Kim
Vol 35-2
Active Institutional Shareholders and Costs of Monitoring: Evidence from Executive Compensation
Almazan, Hartzell and Starks.
Vol 34-4
Using Expectations to Test Asset Pricing Models
Brav, Lehavy and Michaely
Vol 34-3
