9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AND BANKING SOCIETY
CALL FOR PAPERS
Prague, 30th May – 1st June 2019
University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Finance and Accounting

The 9th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) is organized by the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic and Audencia Business School, Nantes, France between the 30th May and 1st June 2019.

CONFERENCE VENUE
University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Finance and Accounting

CONFERENCE THEME AND TOPICS
The conference theme is Economic Policies and Financial Markets and covers related topics including but not limited to Accounting and Regulation, Asset Pricing and Portfolio Valuation, Banking and Financial Services, Capital Structure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Economic Policies, Exchange Rates, Finance and Accounting Standards, Financial Markets and Market Microstructure, Financial Regulation and Supervision, Financial Stability, Financial Engineering, Innovation and Fintech, Insurance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Microfinance and Economic Development, Macroprudential Policy, Monetary Policy and Central Banking, Risk Management

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Renée ADAMS, Professor at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Matti KELOHARJU, Professor at School of Business, Aalto University
Haim LEVY, Miles Robinson Professor of Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dimitris ANDRIOSOPOULOS, University of Strathclyde, UK; Kostas ANDRIOSOPOULOS, ESCP Europe, UK; Edward I. ALTMAN, New York University, USA; Mascia BEDENDO, Audencia Business School, France; Ramzi Ben KRAIEM, Audencia Business School, France; Bruno BIAIS, Toulouse School of Economics, France; Barbara CASU, City University of London, UK; Amelie CHARLES, Audencia Business School, France; Sris CHATTERJEE, Fordham University, USA; Makram CHEMANGUI, Audencia Business School, France; Ephraim CLARK, Middlesex University in London, UK; Manthos DELIS, Montpellier Business School, France; Olivier DE JONGHE, Tillburg University, The Netherlands, Jean DERMINE, INSEAD, France; Michalis DOUMPOS, Technical University of Crete, Greece; Robert FAFF, University of Queensland, Australia; Franco FIORDELISI, University of Rome III, Italy; Bill FRANCIS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; Chrysovalantis GAGANIS, University of Crete, Greece; Christophe GERMAIN, Audencia Business School, France; Dominique GEYER, Audencia Business School, France; Carine GIRARD, Audencia Business School, France; Claudia GIRARDONE, University of Essex, UK; Alexis GUYOT, Audencia Business School, France; Roman HORVÁTH, Charles University, Czech Republic; Iordanis KALAITZOGLOU, Audencia Business School, France; John KOSE, New York University, USA; Michael KOETTER, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany; Timo KORKEAMÄKI, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; Kyriaki KOSMIDOU, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Dimitrios KOUSENIDIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Simon KWAN, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USA; George LELEDAKIS, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece; Sushanta MALLICK, Queen Mary University of London, UK; Loretta MESTER, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, USA; Benjamin Miranda TABAK, FGV/EPPG - Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Peter MOLNÁR, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic; University of Stavanger, Norway; Philip MOLYNEUX, University of Sharjah, UAE; Giacomo NOCERA, Audencia Business School, France; Bernt Arne ODEGAARD, University of Stavanger, Norway; Panos PARDALOS, University of Florida, USA; Fotios PASIOURAS, Montpellier Business School, France; Etienne REDOR, Audencia Business School, France; Andrea RESTI, Bocconi University, Italy; Raghavendra RAU, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK; Spyros SPYROU, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece; Sailesh TANNA, Coventry University, UK; Amine TARAZI, University of Limoges, France; David TRIPE, Massey University, New Zealand; Francesco VALLASCAS, University of Leeds, UK; Ana LOZANO-VIVAS, University of Malaga, Spain; Paul WACHTEL, New York University, USA; Jon WILLIAMS, Bangor University, UK; Constantin ZOPOUNIDIS, Technical University of Crete, Greece & Audencia Business School, France

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Karel BRŮNA, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Magnus BLOMKVIST, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France
Emilios GALARIOTIS, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
A special issue of the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization will be edited by Emilios Galariotis (Audencia Business School, Nantes, France), Karel Brůna (University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic) and Magnus Blomkvist (Audencia Business School, Nantes, France). The special issue aims to gather high quality theoretical and empirical contributions on the theme New Trends in Economics of Financial Regulation. Submission fees are waived for conference papers.
A special issue of the European Journal of Finance will be edited by Chrysovalantis Gaganis (University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece) and Peter Molnár (University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic; University of Stavanger, Norway). The special issue aims to gather high quality theoretical and empirical contributions on the theme Economic Policies and Their Effects on Financial Markets. Submission fees are paid by authors according to standard price policy of the journal.

IMPORTANT CONFERENCE DATES
Paper submission start: 15th October 2018
Submission deadline: 15th January 2019
Paper acceptance notification deadline: 1st March 2019
Conference registration start: 1st March 2019
Deadline for authors‘ registration: 31st March 2019
Conference program disclosure: 1st May 2019
Final version of accepted papers upload deadline: 25th May 2019
Conference registration deadline for other participants: 25th May 2019
Conference start date: 30th May 2019
Conference end date: 1st June 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Papers must be submitted via the online submission system http://febs.vse.cz/ before 23:59 (GMT+1) on 15th January 2019. The criteria for selecting papers for the program include the nature of the research topic, the economic implications of the research, and the academic quality of the research design.
Two steps are required for successful submission, user registration to the conference editorial system and submission of the manuscript in the conference editorial system.
The link for user registration to the conference editorial system: http://febs.vse.cz/register.php
The link for manuscript submissions: http://febs.vse.cz/submit.php

CONFERENCE FEES
Academics and presenters:
●Received on or before 15th March 2019 (early birdoffer): €400
●Received by 15th April 2019: €480
Ph.D. students:
●Received on or before 15th March 2019 (early birdoffer): €300
●Received by 15th April 2019: €360
Professionals:
●Received on or before 15th March 2019 (early birdoffer): €500
●Received by 15th April 2019: €600
Guests:
●Received on or before 15th March 2019 (early birdoffer): €200
●Received by 15th April 2019: €240

SOCIAL PROGRAM
Welcome Cocktail, 30th May 2019, University of Economics, Prague
Conference Gala Dinner, 31st May 2019, Municipal House, Prague, http://www.obecnidum.cz/en/

CONFERENCE WEB AND E-MAIL
https://www.febsociety.org/febs2019prague
febs2019@gmail.com