Beijing, China

 

To promote China-related financial research globally, Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance and Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research co-organize the Annual China Financial Research Conference (CFRC). CFRC provides a high-quality academic exchange platform, where finance scholars and practitioners worldwide can share their in-depth research on important finance issues in China and exchange ideas on new developments in finance research, with the ultimate goal of reforming China’s financial system and encouraging financial innovations in China.  

2018 China Financial Research Conference (CFRC 2018) will be held from July 7 to July 8, 2018 in Beijing, China.

TOPICS: 

Academic papers studying China related topics, from all areas of finance, are welcome. The conference follows the format of international research conferences. We

have both English and Chinese sessions.

ORGANIZERS: 

PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

The National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Deborah Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management

BEST PAPER AWARDS:

Two CFRC Best Paper Awards for papers written in English (US$2000 each)

Two CFRC Best Paper Awards for papers written in Chinese (US$2000 each)

Two New Structural Financial Economics Best Paper Awards (US$2000 each)

PAPER SUBMISSION: 

Authors are invited to register at the CFRC System and submit completed papers in electronic format (PDF files only): http://cfrc.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn/login.php/index.

Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2018.

Papers will be selected by the Program Committee consisting of a panel of international scholars. The submitting authors are expected to be notified of the Program

Committee’s decision by the end of April.

For each accepted paper, the conference will cover up to 3 days of accommodation for one author and the discussant. The same applies to all session chairs.

For further queries, please contact cfrc@pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: 

http://cfrc.pbcsf.tsinghua.edu.cn

CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Xiaoling Wu                         PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

CONFERENCE SECRETARY GENERAL:

Li Liao                                 PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

PROGRAM CHAIR:

Hao Zhou                            PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:

Xiaoyan Zhang                   PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University (Program Executive Chair)

Jennifer Huang                   Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Jiandong Ju                        PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Jun Qian                             Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Jian Wang                          School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Hong Yan                           Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS (in Alphabetical Order):

Geert Bekaert                     Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Jiangze Bian                       School of Banking and Finance, University of International

                                            Business and Economics

Ekkehart Boehmer              Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Huafeng Chen                     PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Li Gan                                The Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern

                                           University of Finance and Economics

Olesya V. Grishchenko       Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Ping He                               School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Robert J. Hodrick                Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Wei Jiang                            Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Kai Li                                   Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Yan Li                                  School of Business, Renmin University of China

Zhisheng Li                         School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Chen Lin                             School of Economics and Finance, The University of Hong Kong

Bibo Liu                               PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Qiao Liu                              Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Laura Xiaolei Liu                 Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Yu-Jane Liu                         Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Juan M. Londono                Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Christian Lundblad              UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North

                                            Carolina at Chapel Hill

Massimo Massa                  INSEAD

Ivan Shaliastovich               Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Zheng Michael Song           Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Qian Sun                             School of Management, Fudan University

Xuan Tian                           PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Andrea Vedolin                   Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Hao Wang                          School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Zhengwei Wang                 PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Chongfeng Wu                   Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shinong Wu                       School of Management, Xiamen University

Hongjun Yan                      Driehaus College of Business, DePaul University

Zhishu Yang                       School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Jianfeng Yu                        PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Hong Zhang                       PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Ji Zhang                             PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Lu Zhang                            Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University

Wei Zhang                          College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University

Weiqiang Zhang                 PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

Xueyong Zhang                  School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Ning Zhu                             PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University