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SWISS SOCIETY FOR FINANCIAL MARKET RESEARCH (SGF)
Publishers of Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

SGF CONFERENCE 2024
April 5, 2024, SIX ConventionPoint, Zurich

Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2023, 24:00 CET

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF Conference 2024) will be held in Zurich on April 5, 2024. Should mobility restrictions prevent an on-site meeting, we will alternatively hold the conference as a webinar on the same date. Prospective contributors are invited to submit papers on all topic areas of finance by October 31, 2023. The submission fee is CHF 50. The conference will also feature a dedicated Poster Session for Ph.D. students. Online paper submission is possible as of September 1, 2023 at:

http://www.fmpm.ch/conference

Track chairs

• Asset Pricing: Holger Kraft (Goethe University Frankfurt), Tim Kroencke (University of Neuchatel), Fabio Trojani (University of Geneva and SFI), Andrea Vedolin (Boston University)
• Corporate Finance & Governance: Rüdiger Fahlenbrach (EPFL and SFI), Xavier Giroud (Columbia Business School), Alexander Wagner (University of Zurich and SFI)
• Financial Intermediation: Steven Ongena (University of Zurich and SFI), Stefan Ruenzi (University of Mannheim), Sascha Steffen (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
• Behavioral Finance & Household Finance: Sebastian Ebert (Heidelberg University), Michaela Pagel (Columbia Business School)
• Financial Markets General: Douglas Cumming (Florida Atlantic University), Albert Menkveld (VU Amsterdam)

For further information about conference registration see: http://www.fmpm.ch/conference
For further questions please contact: sgf-conference@fmpm.ch

Organizers:
Roland Füss, Vesa Pursiainen, Markus Schmid (University of St.Gallen, Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance)
Martin Brown (Study Center Gerzensee)

Sehr geehrte Mitglieder,

die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft trauert um ihr Gründungs- und Ehrenmitglied Prof. Dr. Hermann Göppl, der am 17. August 2023 im Alter von 86 Jahren verstorben ist.

Mit Hermann Göppl hat die DGF einen Wegbereiter der ersten Stunde und einen herausragenden Impulsgeber verloren. Seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 1993 unter seinem Vorsitz ist die DGF in besonderer Weise von seiner visionären Sichtweise auf die Weiterentwicklung der Finanzwirtschaft geprägt.

Hermann Göppl war eine bemerkenswerte Persönlichkeit, deren Lebenswerk einen tiefgreifenden Einfluss auf die akademische Gemeinschaft hatte. Er war einer der Vorreiter für die internationale Ausrichtung der Forschung und Lehre im Bereich Finanzwirtschaft und verfolgte zudem mit großer Konsequenz und Tatkraft die empirische Fundierung der Finanzmarktforschung. Dies brachte ihm große Reputation in der internationalen Finance- und betriebswirtschaftlichen Community ein.

Wir werden Hermann Göppl stets in ehrenvollem Andenken behalten. Unser Mitgefühl gilt seiner Familie und seinen Angehörigen.

Der Vorstand der DGF

Call for Abstracts/Papers
Germany Business Economics
Journal of Business Economics (Special Issue)

Editors:

Wolfgang Breuer, Aachen
Jannis Bischof, Mannheim
Günter Fandel, Hagen
Christian Hofmann, Munich
Peter Witt, Wuppertal

Aim and Scope of this Special Issue:

In recent decades, research in business economics in Germany has increasingly become internationalized. However, unlike in natural sciences, knowledge in business economics is typically bound to a specific place and time. Against this backdrop, we call for contributions that take up a specifically German perspective in one of the following ways:

1. The contributions may address an aspect that is characterized by a particular tradition of research in Germany. In other countries, particularly in Anglo-Saxon countries, these questions were not in the same focus or were not examined from the same perspective. Examples could be given from the fields of business valuation and production theory, but it is important to question why there are „German peculiarities“ in these areas.
2. The contributions may come from areas where the institutional environment plays a special role, as is the case, for example, in business taxation or accounting. This naturally raises the question of a national and thus a German perspective on certain problems. Potential questions could speak to the determinants or the interpretation of the institutional framework and also address its economic consequences. Such research should still offer conclusions that are generalizable beyond the German context.
3. In general, the question arises as to the extent to which empirical results for other countries can be transferred to Germany, since cultural peculiarities may also play a role in addition to the institutional framework. However, such research must be firmly based on a comprehensive theoretical foundation.
4. Even in sub-areas where normative questions are paramount, especially in business ethics, the German perspective on certain issues may be special. However, if there are already differences in goal definition, there will be differences in problem solving as well.
5. Each country has its own specific problems or overall economic/societal framework conditions that require special solutions, for example, based on the given production factor endowment (few raw materials, well-educated workforce, aging population, high immigration), which could lead to specific German questions and solutions.

The call is open to researchers from all sub-disciplines of business economics. Theoretical and empirical papers with a clear quantitative focus are particularly welcome. Empirical papers should be based on theoretically derived hypotheses and state-of-the-art hypotheses testing. Papers must be written in English and must not contain any reference to the identity of the authors.

Please submit an (extended) abstract of about 1,000 words to wolfgang.breuer@bfw.rwth-aachen.de by 06/30/2023. The authors of the selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper by 11/30/2023. They must not have been published previously. Submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed and – upon acceptance – published in a special issue of the Journal of Business Economics at the beginning of 2025. Author guidelines are available at: http://www.springer.com/11573

Call for Papers
Replication studies in finance and accounting
On the time- and region-related robustness of business research findings
Journal of Business Economics (Special Issue)

Editors:

Wolfgang Breuer, Department of Finance, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Christian Hofmann, LMU Munich School of Management, Munich, Germany

Aim of this Special Issue:

Business economics as an applied science is strongly rooted in empirical research. Unlike in natural sciences, where laws of nature are assumed to be generally valid over time and space, this is not necessarily the case for real-life economic relationships. First, empirical economic findings in one region of the world cannot generally be assumed to hold true for institutional or cultural backgrounds in other societies. A prominent example is the difference in market reactions and outcomes between capital market-oriented Anglo-Saxon countries and bank-based financial systems like those in Germany or Japan. Second, empirical results may lose significance over time due to technological advancements or changes in human behavior (possibly even in response to these former studies!), which may render frameworks and insights obsolete that were valid in the past. For instance, behavioral anomalies that were previously exploitable may disappear once they are revealed in scientific publications. Third, from today’s perspective, it may be that previous studies exhibit fundamental and so far undetected weaknesses in methodology or data quality, which need to be disclosed. Especially the current surge in big data approaches has considerably expanded opportunities for empirical testing.
Against this backdrop, replication studies in business economics in general, and in finance and accounting in particular, gain special relevance. Of course, it is important that these empirical works are well-grounded in theory, so that the conception of the respective replication study already shows why an empirical test of earlier works could be of interest. We call on researchers to make such contributions to the field of finance and accounting.

Papers must be written in English and must not contain any reference to the identity of the authors.

Please submit an (extended) abstract of about 1,000 words to wolfgang.breuer@bfw.rwth-aachen.de by 05/31/2023. The authors of the selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper by 11/30/2023. They must not have been published previously. Submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed and – upon acceptance – published in a special issue of the Journal of Business Economics at the beginning of 2025. Author guidelines are available at: http://www.springer.com/11573.

CALL FOR PAPERS
European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop
June 13-15, 2023 in Utrecht

Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) is organizing a PhD workshop together with colleagues from EDHEC, ESCP, KU Leuven, Warwick Business School, and University of Augsburg on the topic of Sustainable Finance. We invite PhD students to apply to present and discuss their current research to professors and other PhD students with a focus on Sustainable Finance. The workshop will take place in-person from June 13 to June 15, 2023 in Utrecht.

The submission is open to a wide-range of theoretical and empirical work on Sustainable Finance including, but not limited to Corporate Finance and Governance, Asset Pricing, Climate Finance, and ESG Investing. The presentation of single authored papers is particularly encouraged.

Please submit your journal-article length paper (PDF) and CV to thomas.walther@uu.nl by March 15, 2023. Applicants must be enrolled as PhD students at the time of the workshop. The program committee’s decision will be announced in April 2023. Selected students will receive a travel grant (250EUR) and free accommodation over the duration of the workshop.

We are happy to announce that the program committee will give a best paper award (only single authored works) and best discussion award. In addition, Stefano Battiston (U Zurich) will be our keynote guest. The workshop is in close collaboration with the Sustainable Finance Lab.

Program Committee:
Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP), Olivier David Zerbib (EDHEC), Irene Monasterolo (EDHEC), Jeroen Derwall (U Utrecht), Naciye Sekerci (KU Leuven), Nickolay Gantchev (Warwick), Rients Galema (U Utrecht), Sebastian Utz (U Augsburg), Thomas Walther (U Utrecht)

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29^th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (DGF)
University of Hohenheim | September 28^th – September 30^th, 2023

We cordially invite researchers and practitioners to participate in the 29^th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (DGF) held at the University of Hohenheim on September 29^th and 30^th, 2023. A doctoral workshop is scheduled for September 28^th, 2023.

The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest theoretical and empirical research from all areas of finance, banking, and insurance. We proudly announce that Holger M. Müller, Nomura Professor of Finance at Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York, will deliver the keynote speech.

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Call for Papers:

We invite you to submit your recent research papers. Please note the following submission guidelines:

• • • • • • Submissions are only accepted through the online submission system www.conftool.net/dgf2023
          • Submission period: February 1^st – April 30^th, 2023
          • Submissions are subject to a double-blind review process. All manuscripts have to be submitted without reference to author(s) or affiliation(s).
          • Only full papers in English are considered for review. Papers should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 120 words.

Please visit www.bank.uni-hohenheim.de/dgf2023_paper_submission for further information.

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Special Session – Digital and Smart Finance:

The scientific and organizing committees of Boerse Stuttgart welcome submissions on digital finance and smart finance as well as their implications for the innovation strategy on the financial sector, including banks, fintech companies and other corporations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• • • • • • Fintech and new business models
          • Embedded finance
          • Digital payment systems
          • Digital finance and environmental sustainability

The best paper in the special session on digital and smart finance will be awarded a prize.

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Special session – Housing Finance:

The scientific and organizing committees welcome submissions in all areas of real estate finance for presentation, including but not limited to,

• • • • • • Financial contracts for financing real estate
          • Financial Institutions & Financial Markets
          • Mortgage Financing
          • Financial Regulation
          • Valuation of real estate

The best paper in the special session on housing finance will be awarded a prize.

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Early bird registration for the conference participation is available from May 1^st until July 31^st, 2023. Late registration starts on September 4^th and is available until September 22^nd, 2023.

We look forward to welcoming you in Hohenheim!

Kind regards,
Hans-Peter Burghof, Thomas Dimpfl, Robert Jung and the DGF 2023 Organizing Committee

Der Lehrstuhl für Finanzierung der Universität Mannheim hat gemeinsam mit dem Center for Financial Studies in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Börse AG und gefördert durch die DFG eine Microstructure-Datenbank erstellt, die tägliche Daten aus Xetra für alle im CDAX enthaltenen Aktien und den Zeitraum 1999 bis 2013 enthält. Zu den enthaltenen Variablen gehören etwa quotierte und effektive Geld-Brief-Spannen und viele andere. Diese Datenbank ist für Forscher und ausschliesslich für Forschungszwecke kostenlos verfügbar, wobei aber ein formelles Prozedere einzuhalten ist. Das zum Download bereitgestellte pdf-Dokument enthält nähere Informationen.