Research Symposium on

Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2023

(Virtual)
June 14 -16, 2023

on Finance and
Economics
CALL FOR PAPERS

About the Research Symposium

The Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) is an annual research symposium organised by
IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB), Krea University, India. The Symposium aims to bring researchers, academicians, and
practitioners in Finance and Economics across the globe to present, discuss and deliberate upon emerging issues in Finance
and Economics in the contemporary world.

IFMR GSB, Krea University, prepares future scholars through Interwoven Learning with a strong focus on research. This
Symposium is an important event in the academic calendar of IFMR GSB, Krea University. The three-day Symposium will include
a Pre-Symposium Workshop, keynote lectures, plenary sessions, and technical sessions among renowned academicians in the
field of Finance and Economics.

Since its inception in 2019, the Research Symposium has experienced significant participation of researchers from various
reputed institutions in India and abroad Over the years, the RSFE has had keynote lectures delivered by distinguished
academicians and eminent researchers worldwide

The list of distinguished academicians, who delivered keynote lectures in RSFE 2019 and 2022

Speakers at RSFE 2023 include the following

distinguished academicians

Prof Jeffrey M. Wooldridge Prof Tom Smith

University Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics Macquarie University, Professor, Department of Applied Finance
College of Social Sciences, Michigan State University, US Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance
Macquarie University, Australia

Prof Bart Lambrecht Prof Markus Brunnermeier

Professor of Finance, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Finance Edwards S Sanford Professor of Economics and the Director of the
Director of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University, US
Fellow Commoner of Queen`s College, Judge Business School
University of Cambridge, UK
 Prof Nadya Malenko Prof Robert Faff
Associate Professor of Finance, Ross School Professorial Fellow at Bond University and
of Business, University of Michigan, US Emeritus Professor at UQ, Australia

Prof Julian Franks Prof Nandini Gupta

Associate Professor of Finance, Kelley School
Professor of Finance, Alexander M Knaster of Business, Indiana University, US
Chair, Fellow of the British Academy, London
Business School, UK
 Prof Andrew Ellul Prof Ann Sardesai
Professor of Finance and Fred T. Greene Chair Senior Lecturer, CQ University Australia
in Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Sydney, Australia
University, USA

Prof Kenneth R. French Prof Suresh Sundaresan

Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor
Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance
of Financial Institutions, Columbia
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, US
Business School, US
Scientific Committee
Prof Abhay Singh Prof Krishnan C N V
(Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) (Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve
University, US)
Prof Abhijeet Chandra
(Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) Prof Krishna Prasanna
(Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
Prof Archana Patro
(Indian Institute of Management Bodhgaya, India) Prof Lalitha Naveen
(Fox School of Business, Temple University, US)
Prof Arun Kumar
(Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) Prof Madhusoodanan T P
(Madras School of Economics, India)
Prof Betty Simkins
(Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, US) Prof Manpreet Singh
(Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech, US)
Prof Bhavik Parikh
(Gerald Schwartz School of Business, St. Francis Xavier Prof Martina Linnenluecke
University, Canada) (Macquarie University, Australia)

Prof Brinda Viswanathan Prof Mehul Raithatha

(Madras School of Economics, India) (Indian Institute of Management Indore, India)

Prof Bipin Dixit Prof Narasimhan M S

(Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India) (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)

Prof Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti Prof Neerav Nagar

(University of South Australia, Australia) (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India)

Prof Deepti Goel Prof Nilanjan Banik

(Azim Premji University, India) (Mahindra University, India)

Prof Deeparghya Mukherjee Prof Paresh Narayan

(Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, India) (Monash University, Australia)

Prof Dilip Kumar Prof Parthajit Kayal

(Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, India) (Madras School of Economics, India)

Prof Gary Tian Prof Palka Chhillar

(Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) (Jindal Global Business School, India)

Prof Gopal V Prof Phani B V

(Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India) (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)

Prof Huu Duong Prof Rajeswari Sengupta

(Monash University, Australia) (IGIDR Mumbai, India)

Prof Jayadev M Prof. Rakesh Nigam

(Madras School of Economics, India)
(Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)

Prof Jijo Lukose P J Prof Ratul Lahkar

(Asoka University, India)
(Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India)

Prof Joshy Jacob Prof Raveendra Chittoor

(University of Victoria, Canada)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India)

Prof Kannan Thuraisamy Prof Ravi Anshuman

(Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)
(Deakin University, Australia)

Prof Kiran Kumar Prof Sagarika Mishra

(Deakin University, Australia)
(Indian Institute of Management Indore, India)
Prof Saravanan P
(Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappali, India)

Prof Shankar R L
(Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve
University, US)

Prof Shashwat Alok

(Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India)

Prof Sohnke M. Bartram

(University of Warwick and CEPR)

Prof Shweta Srinivasan

(Rutgers School of Business, Camden, US)

Prof Srinivasan Rangan

(Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)

Prof SSS Kumar

(Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India)

Prof Sony Thomas

(Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India)

Prof Sowmya Dhanaraj

(Madras School of Economics, India)

Prof Subash S
(Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)

Prof Suman Banerjee

(Stevens Institute of Technology, US)

Prof Surendra Rao Komera

(Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, India)

Prof Thenmozhi
(Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)

Prof Varun Jindal

(Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)

Prof Vishwanth Pingali

(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India)

Prof Vivek Rajvanshi

(Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India)

Organising Committee
Dr Praveen Bhagawan
(Chair and Associate Professor, Accounting and Finance Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)

Prof Balasubramanian Gopalswamy

(Member and Professor, Finance and Accounting Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)

Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay

(Member and Associate Professor, Economics Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)

Dr Sumit Mishra
(Member and Assistant Professor, Economics Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)

Dr Vinod Kumar
(Member and Associate Professor, Accounting and Finance Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
CALL FOR PAPERS

RSFE 2023 solicits submission of research papers under various topics in the field of Finance and Economics, such as:

Finance: Corporate Finance, Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, Emerging trends in Corporate Finance and Corporate
Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Reporting and Regulations, Behavioural Finance, Computational Finance
and Financial Econometrics, Asset Pricing, Financial Markets, Derivatives Trading and Pricing, Market Microstructure and
Algorithmic Trading, Banking and Risk Management, Digital Finance, Financial Tech, AI, and Machine Learning

Economics: Microeconomics, Applied Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, International Trade,

Development Economics, Behavioural Economics, Energy Economics, Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Public Finance,
Political Economy, Game Theory, Economic Growth, Environmental Economics, and Labour Economics.

The list of topics mentioned above is indicative and research papers on other topics of Finance and Economics are also welcome.

The Research Symposium invites original papers that address gaps in related literature, offer new insights and evidence,
and have implications for policy-making. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Papers for presentation at the
Symposium will be selected through double-blind peer review process. This Symposium is also open to doctoral students who
are on the verge of completing their dissertations.

Ready Reckoner

November March April November

30 31 30 30
Submissions Submissions Acceptance Symposium
Open Close Notification Registrations Open

May June June

30 13 14-16
Symposium Pre-Symposium Dates for Symposium
Registrations Close Workshop

Note: * There is no registration fee for RSFE

Submission Guidelines
Full research papers with a title page, abstract, keywords, main text, tables, figures, references etc. should be submitted
online through Conference Maker. Use Times New Roman with 12-point font size and double-spaced. For blind review
process, all author-identifying information must be removed before submission

Publication Opportunities
Papers presented at the research symposium are eligible to be submitted to the Special Issue on “Current Issues in Emerging
Markets” “in Pacific-Basin Finance Journal” (PACFIN), which comes under `A’ as per Australian Business Deans Council
(ABDC) category. The special issue portal of PACFIN will open on June 20, 2023. The submission deadline for the special
issue is 31 December 2023. The details on the special issue are available in the below mentioned link.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/pacific-basin-finance-journal/about/call-for-papers
A few selected papers presented at the Symposium will be published in Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Best Research Paper Prizes

Two Best Research Papers Awards in both Finance and Economics categories will be given among the papers
presented at the Symposium.
Symposium Registration Link:
The online portal for registration will open on 30 November, 2022 using the link mentioned below:
https://krea-edu-in.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k2yEK1G2T-G2tQz-g78Czw

Symposium Paper Submission link:

The online portal for submission link will open on 30 November, 2022 using below-mentioned link:
https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=RSFE_2023Virtual

Contact:
Dr Praveen Bhagawan M
Associate Professor of Finance and Area Chair (Finance and Accounting)
Chair, Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2023
IFMR GSB, Krea University, India

For further details, write to gsb.research_symposium2023@krea.edu.in

Research Symposium Website: https://krea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/research-symposium-finance-and-economics

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