2017 China Accounting and Finance Conference and Special Issue on New Developments in Chinese Capital Markets

June 17-18, 2017

Beijing, China

CONFERENCE

The School of Finance and School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics in conjunction with the Accounting and Finance journal (AF) invites submission of research papers to the 2017 China Accounting and Finance Conference (CAFC 2017), leading to a special issue of the AF.

To promote China-related accounting and finance research, School of Finance and School of Accountancy at Central University of Finance and Economic and Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand co-organize the CAFC 2017. CAFC provides a high-quality academic exchange platform, where accounting and finance scholars and practitioners worldwide can share their in-depth research on important accounting and finance issues in China.

The conference will be held from June 17 to June 18, 2017 in Beijing, China. Paper Submission Deadline is April 30, 2017.

TOPICS

The conference organizers would like to invite the submission of papers relating to all aspects of accounting and finance. Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged in areas which include, but are not limited to:

Auditing, Managerial accounting, Derivatives, Financial accounting, Corporate finance, Investments, Portfolio management, Qualitative, Environmental, Corporate governance, Market microstructure, Capital markets, Corporate Valuation and Banking.

CO-ORGANIZERS

School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

EXECUTIVE-ORGANIZER

China Academy of Asset Management, School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Tom Smith Frank Finn Professor of Finance, University of Queensland, Australia

Guohua Jiang Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors interested in presenting their paper at the conference should submit the paper in a complete (including author information) and a blind PDF-version to: cufecafc@163.com

Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2017.

Papers will be reviewed anonymously and authors will be notified of the decision by May 15, 2017.

All presenting authors are expected to discuss another paper in the conference.

FEE

Conference registration rate is RMB 1000, including tea break, conference lunch and dinner.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Tom Smith Business School, University of Queensland

Jianjun Li School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Chun Yuan School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE（By Alphabetical）

Rui Chen School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Fuwei Jiang School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Guanmin Liao School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Jing Shi School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University

Yanchao Wang School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Xi Wu School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics

Xueyong Zhang School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Min Zhu Business School, Queensland University, Technology

SPECIAL ISSUE of the ACCOUNTING and FINANCE

After the conference, the Guest Editors will invite selected authors participating in the conference to submit their papers to the Special Issue of the AF with the theme “New Developments in Chinese Capital Markets”. The Guest Editors of the Special Issue are: Professor Jing Shi, Professor Xueyong Zhang, and Professor Xi Wu

The submission fee is waived for selected papers. The standard review process of the journal will follow.

Accounting and Finance is a Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) journal and the journal websites can be visited using the link:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-629X/

Please note that presentation at the conference does not guarantee acceptance of the paper for publication in the AF and attending the workshop is not a precondition for acceptance into the Special Issue.

Warranties

Central University of Finance and Economics and Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand will not be liable for any delay or failure to host the conference and to publish the special issue caused by a factor outside our reasonable control (including but not limited to governmental or legal restraint).