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Submissions are now open for the 7th Young Finance Scholars’ (YFS) Conference at University of Sussex Business School. The special theme for this year’s event is Responsible Finance, which includes environmental issues, sustainability, ethical investments and the detection of illegal or manipulative trading. As always, we welcome submissions from all area of finance such as asset pricing, banking, behavioral finance, corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, financial econometrics, fintech, insurance, investment management, quantitative finance, risk management and trading. And, as always, our choice of special topic is to promote research in an area which is particularly important in today’s financial markets.
 
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century it has become evident to most, but not all, leaders in our global economy that the existing policies governing the behaviour of large corporations and financial institutions have not prevented the greed of a few powerful and wealthy individuals from condoning actions which cause environmental degradation and the exhaustion of non-renewable resources.
 
Finance practitioners have put considerable effort into understanding responsible practices and are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making and processes. It is equally critical for academic scholars to turn their research towards the many topics in responsible finance, including:
< >Preventing unethical financial practices such as fraud, market manipulation, and other professional misconduct. These have always been difficult to detect and deter, despite ever increasing regulations about market abuse. Yet such practices are behind most corporate scandals and have clearly contributed to every financial and economic crisis since the great depression in the 1920s;The significant social interest in sustainable financial products should lead to a flourishing of such investments. Policy makers are now advancing their initiatives, but there is still a strong need for academic research to provide guidance on sustainable finance issues;Environmental and climate finance research promotes awareness of the consequences of climate change. This strand of the academic literature also plays a crucial role in providing academic guidance to countries on mitigating environmental variability and adapting to its impacts.yfs@sussex.ac.uk.  At least one author, and the intended presenter of the paper, should be an early career researcher (i.e. a PhD student, post-doctoral researcher or a lecturer without a tenured position). Papers may be co-authored with senior academics, but presentations at the conference may only be from the early career researcher.

 
 
Final submissions of accepted papers will need to be sent to the committee for comments in preparation for discussion on the day. Conference papers will not be published in any proceedings and are eligible for submission to an academic journal.
 
Awards
Awards will be given to the best paper on Responsible Finance, the best overall paper and the best poster. The author of the best overall paper will also be awarded the title ‘Young Finance Scholar of 2020’.
 
Registration
Please follow this link. The early-bird conference registration fee for PhDs and post-docs is £60 increasing to £75 after 11th May 2020. Attending the conference without a poster or presentation is also possible at the same rate. For junior faculty presenting a paper or poster the registration fee is £100 increasing to £150 after 11th May 2020.
 
The registration fees include lunch and all refreshments including the conference reception on Thursday 28th May but if you wish to attend the dinner in our campus restaurant after the reception there is an additional cost of £40, payable via the website until 18th May. Places are limited so we strongly encourage you to sign up soon.
 
Accommodation
The conference will take place on the beautiful campus of the University of Sussex. Attendees will enjoy the state-of-the-art facilities of the Jubilee Building on our stunning campus situated in the South Downs National Park, 20 minutes by train or bus from the vibrant seaside city of Brighton.
 
Accommodation is not provided on campus. There are many hotels and bed and breakfasts in the city centre; please see Visit Brighton www.visitbrighton.com for further information.
 
 

Data: 
28-05-2020 to 29-05-2020
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University of Sussex, Brighton, UK