CALL FOR PAPERS – 32nd Finance Forum

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 16, 2025

The Public University of Navarre is proud to host the 32nd Finance Forum, the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Finance Association (AEFIN).

The Finance Forum will take place at the Public University of Navarre (Campus Arrosadía situated in Pamplona) on July 3-4, 2025.

We are honored to announce Professor Turan G. Bali (Georgetown University) and Professor Philipp Schnabl (New York University) as the keynote speakers.

The Finance Forum will also feature a PhD Mentoring Day to be held on the 2nd of July (the day before the conference) where PhD students will present their research and receive feedback from top specialists in their fields.

PhD students can submit to both the Finance Forum and the PhD Mentoring Day. AEFIN will provide scholarships for the papers presented at the PhD Mentoring Day by covering the registration fee to the Finance Forum plus the accommodation.

The Finance Forum and the PhD Mentoring Day invite submissions in all areas of Financial Economics research, such as (but not limited to): Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Banking, Portfolio Choice and Asset Management, Microstructure, Regulation, Financial Stability and Macrofinance.

Important dates:

• Paper Submission Deadline: February 16, 2025
• Paper Acceptance Decision: March 30, 2025
• Early Registration: April 1 – April 30, 2025
• Late Registration: May 1 – June 30, 2025
• Finance Forum: July 3 – 4, 2025
• PhD Mentoring Day: July 2 2025

 Submission Procedure

Submission will be done through Conference Maker-32nd Finance Forum.

You can submit your paper/s to both the Finance Forum and to the PhD Mentoring Day (with a specific track) through the following link before the deadline of 16th of February 2025:

Conference Maker-32nd Finance Forum

Authors will be notified of the acceptance decision by March 30, 2025.

Paper Submission Payment: 

There is a single 50€ fee per paper submitted to the Finance Forum. No papers will be processed without the payment. Submitting more than one paper implies payment for each paper.

Submissions to the PhD Mentoring Day and single author papers submitted by PhD students to the 32nd Finance Forum are exempt from submission fees. To apply this exemption it is necessary to send a PhD certificate to 32financeforum@unavarra.es.

To the submission payment, please fill out the following form

Paper Submission Form.

Payment should be done by bank transfer to the bank account:

• Account holder: Universidad Pública de Navarra
• Account number/IBAN: ES16 3008 0001 1807 0019 0523
• BIC/SWIFT: BCOEESMM008
• Reference: 32FF_Surname_Name (For example, Isabel Elizari should use 32FF_Elizari_Isabel)

An alternative method of payment is by credit card. To proceed, please access the following link:

https://webfus.unavarra.es/inscripcion/login/EVEN25_FINANCEFORPS/en

It is necessary to first access the link, register on the platform, and then fill in the required fields to complete the payment by credit card.

AWARDS

The following awards will be granted at the Conference:

• AEFIN Award to the Best paper of the Finance Forum
• BME Award to the best paper on Stock Markets
• BME Award to the best paper on Fixed Income
• BME Award to the best paper on Derivatives
• CNMV Award to the best paper on Regulation
• INVERCO Award to the best paper on Asset Management
• SANFI Award to the Best paper on Banking

PROGRAM CHAIR

• Belén Nieto (Universidad de Alicante)
• Francisco Peñaranda (The City University of New York)
• José Faias (Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics)
• Antonio Díez de los Ríos (Bank of Canada)
• Anna Toldrà (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Andrés Almazán (McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin)
• David Martínez-Miera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Hans Degryse (KU Leuven)
• Rafael Zambrana (University of Notre Dame)
• Roberto Pascual (Universitat de les Illes Ballears)
• Sergio Mayordomo (Banco de España)

PhD Mentoring Day Coordinator

Coordinated by Scientific Committee Director, Roberto Steri (University of Luxembourg), the PhD Mentoring Day will be held on July 2, 2025, one day prior to the start of the 32nd Finance Forum. It will include:

Mentoring sessions: where our outstanding invited mentors will discuss the latest advances in research and offer career advice for the PhD students.

Parallel sessions: where a reduced number of PhD students will have the opportunity to present their work and receive feedback from our mentors, the members of the scientific committee and other guest scholars.