Topics & Themes

The conference is aimed at highlighting excellent research papers that contribute to the high-quality evidence base in areas of Finance, Banking, Accounting, and Financial Economics. Specific topic areas include, but are not limited to:

• Accountability and Regulation
• Asset Pricing and Financial Market Anomalies
• Banking and Financial Intermediation
• Behavioral Finance
• Bonds and Credit Markets
• Capital Structure and Cost of Capital
• Corporate Culture and Institutional Influences
• Corporate Finance and Governance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Directors and Boardroom Practices
• Earnings Management and Reporting Quality
• Econometric Modelling of Asset Prices
• Energy and Environmental Economics
• Fintech, Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies
• Financial Analysts and Firm Disclosure
• Household Finance and Microfinance
• Mergers and Acquisition
• Monetary Policy and Central Banking
• Private Debt and Equity Market
• Real Options
• Risk Management and Derivatives
• Role of Social Media and Big Data Analytics
• Shipping Finance ─ Maritime Markets ─ Commodity Trades and Finance

The conference will also accommodate poster sessions, with a limited number of presentation slots, offering the presenters an opportunity to discuss and explain their research in direct contact to the audience.