Welcome to the 22nd Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting
The Conference
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business
will host the 22nd
Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting
(CFEA) November 18 and 19, 2011
The Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting is sponsored by a consortium of eight universities (Indiana University, Georgia State University, University of Maryland, New York University, University of North Carolina, Rutgers University, University of Southern California, and University of Texas). It is a highly selective, refereed conference of research papers in financial economics and accounting. The conference holds parallel sessions on topics that are broadly of interest to both finance and accounting researchers. The Financial Economics and Accounting Conference will showcase
various sessions on best practices and current events in
Accounting and Finance with distinct keynote speakers
presenting their perspective on the world of Financial
Economics and Accounting.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speaker (Dinner)
George Constantinides is the
Leo Melamed Professor of Finance at the University
of Chicago. Professor Constaninides studies
the causes of the historically observed premium of equity
returns over bond returns, the value premium, and the size
premium; the pricing and hedging of fixed-income securities,
options, futures, and other derivatives; the effects of
transaction costs and taxes on the pricing and hedging of
derivatives; and portfolio management.
Keynote Speaker (Luncheon)
Martin Fridson is "perhaps the most well-known figure in the high yield world," according to
Investment Dealers’ Digest. Over a 25-year span
with brokerage firms including Salomon Brothers, Morgan
Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, he became known for his
innovative work in credit analysis and investment strategy.
Fridson received his B.A. cum laude in history from Harvard
College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
We are deeply grateful for our sponsors:
Kelley School of Business Department of
Accounting
Kelley School of Business Department of Finance
