Call for Papers

2024 China International Risk Forum & China Finance Review International Joint Conference

June 14-16, 2024, China Standard Time

Venue: Nanjing | China

Special Issue of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal

Theme: Capital Markets and Financial Risk Management

Nanjing University, School of Management & Engineering, Modern Risk Society,and China Finance Review International will jointly host the 10th annual China International Risk Forum (CIRF2024) and the 17th China Finance Review International annual conference (CFRI2024) on June 14-16, 2024 China Standard Time in Nanjing, China. We warmly invite you to join us in Nanjing this summer. The conference submission deadline is February 28th, 2024.

The conference aims to promote research broadly related to financial risk management in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide. As in the previous conferences, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal dedicates a special issue to papers to be presented at the forum. The special issue has a theme of “Financial Risk Management”. All finance and financial risk management subjects will be considered. Potential research topics include but are not limited to the following (alphabetically sorted):

• Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning

• Asset pricing: capital market efficiency and anomalies

• Banking and bank risk management

• Behavioral finance and risk management

• Catastrophic risk and rare disasters

• Chinese local government debt risk

• Corporate finance and governance

• Credit risk and liquidity risk

• Derivatives and risk management

• Digital asset performance and risk management

• ESG and green finance

• Financial literacy and personal finance

• Health risk and pension

• Housing market and housing risk

• Inflation and monetary policy

• Insurance and risk management

• Interest rate risk, market risk, exchange rate risk, and operational risk

• Leverage and systemic risk

• Mutual funds, hedge funds, and Institutional Investors

• Venture capital, innovations, and entrepreneurship

• Others

Keynote Speakers

• Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER

• Yang Li, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Conference Website:https://cirforum.org/cirf2024/forum.php

Conference Submission:Interested authors should register an account via our submission website:https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CFRICIRF2024. Both completed papers and early drafts with innovative ideas related to the theme topics are encouraged. Please submit a PDF file without author information via the link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CFRICIRF2024/Submission/Index. The submission deadline is Eastern Time February 28th, 2024.There is no submission fee. For detailed submission instructions, please refer to: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/author/author-submission-form.html. Chinese submissions are welcome, as there will be Chinese sessions. Papers will be anonymously reviewed by multiple members of the Program Committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to be available to serve as session chairs or discussants.

Submission to the PBFJ: The submission to the PBFJ special issue is separate from the conference submission and the submission portal will become available on July 15, 2024(tentative). Submission details will be provided shortly after the conference. The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is a high-quality journal specializing in the publication of academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. PBFJ’s current Impact Factor is 4.6.  

Submission to the CFRI: You are also welcome to submit your paper to the China Finance Review International, a flagship academic journal that covers the Chinese and international financial markets. CFRI is indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, ABI, EBSCO, HCERES, etc. The Journal boasts an impact factor of 8.2 and a real-time Scopus CiteScore of 12.0. It is also featured in prestigious journal ranking lists such as the ABS, ABDC, and the FMS Journal Rating Guide. The journal operates under a double-blind peer-review system. There is no submission fee. To submit to the journal, please use the CFRI’s online submission and review system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cfri.

Submission to the JMSC: Chinese submissions are welcome; there will be Chinese sessions. Papers accepted to the Chinese sessions will be recommended to “管理科学学报” (Journal of Management Sciences in China), and the standard review process of the journal will be followed.

Research Excellence Awards

   Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

   Global Association of Risk Professionals Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

   China Finance Review International Research Excellence Award (USD 1,000)

   Sinofin CCER Database (USD 1,000)

   Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Research Excellence Award (USD1,000)

   Modern Risk Society Contribution Award (USD 1,000)

   Modern Risk Society Research Award (USD 1,000)

   Modern Risk Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Conference Registration

The registration fee for the conference is USD 150 or RMB 1050 for all participants. The registration fee will include the conference materials, coffee/tea break, conference lunch, and dinner. The registration fee is waived for session chairs and discussants who do not have a paper in the program. Additionally, students can attend the conference for free. Presenting authors should register for the conference before May 31, 2024.

Important Dates

Conference Leadership

President: Honghai Yu, Nanjing University

Program Committee Chair  

Xuewei Yang, Nanjing University

Guest Co-Editors of the PBFJ Special Issue

Hui Guo, University of Cincinnati

Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Honghai Yu, Nanjing University

Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

Conference Hotel

Nanjing University International Conference Center

Address: Nanjing University International Conference Center 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, PRC

Telephone: (0086) 25 89686666

Contacts of Conference Affairs

Haohua Li, Nanjing University

Huixia Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Conference Contact Emails

admin@cirforum.org;

cfrc@sjtu.edu.cn