Summer Research Conference 2023

About the Event

The Centre for Analytical Finance at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India, invites submissions for its annual flagship Summer Research Conference in Finance. The conference is scheduled from July 26, 2023 to July 28, 2023. Just like before, the conference will focus on "Recent Advances in Finance."

We invite papers from all areas of Finance. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Fresh papers or papers with new ideas, concepts, or methods will be preferred.

Key Information

Paper Selection

We tentatively aim to have eight papers in this year's program. Presenters can expect quality discussants, an active audience, and informal interactions with participants.

Organizing Committee

Sumit Agarwal – Conference Co-Chair, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Business School and a Professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore, Managing Director at the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute

Amit Goyal - Conference Co-Chair, Faculty of Business and Economics, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Lausanne 

Prasanna Tantri - Conference Co-Chair, Faculty of Finance and Executive Director at the Centre for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business, Independent Director, Power Finance Corporation Limited.

Funding

For presenters and discussants, we will provide a travel grant and cover local transfers, conference stay, and meals. We warmly welcome other conference participants. We hope that you can pay for travel to and from Hyderabad from your research budget or from sources such as CIBER.

Submitting Papers

Please visit Summer Research Conference 2023 (isb.edu).  Go to the paper submission page and upload the paper.

The submission deadline is April 10, 2023.

Best Paper Award

CAF confers the best paper award, which consists of cash prize of USD 5,000 and a certificate of merit. The best paper award committee is headed by the keynote speaker. The opinion expressed by audience through an audience poll will be considered by the committee.

Best Discussant Award

CAF also confers the best discussant award to appreciate the scholarly feedback provided by the discussant. The award consists cash prize of USD 2,000 and a certificate of merit. The best discussant award committee is headed by the keynote speaker. The opinion expressed by audience through an audience poll will be considered by the committee.

About CAF and ISB

Center for Analytical Finance (CAF) is a research centre in ISB dedicated to research in all areas of finance. CAF houses researchers and data sets and its researchers are drawn from the top institutions around the world.

Indian School of Business (ISB) is a self-contained 260-acre campus with character. The campus architecture embraces boulders and rock formations typical of Hyderabad, and merges them with trees, landscaping, greenery, and graceful buildings with state of art infrastructure.

About Hyderabad

The city of Hyderabad is in Telangana, India, at an elevation of 1,755 feet. It is relatively pleasant in July with average temperatures around 75F. Hyderabad is well connected to all cities in India by air and rail. Hyderabad's international airport has won awards for design and functionality. The airport is connected to the city with a brand new 8-lane road that runs virtually all the way to the ISB campus.

Papers

• Local Recessions Evidence from Bank Liquidity Squeezes
• Political Economy of Financial Regulation
• Safety Nets Credit and Investment Evidence from a Guaranteed Income Program
• Sea Level Rise and Portfolio Choice
• Closing the revolving doors
• Do Corporations Maximize their Own Value
• Does Foreign Institutional Capital Promote Green Growth for emerging market firms
• External Labor Market Punishment in Finance