Call for papers for the 4th Conference in Corporate Policies and Asset Prices (COAP)

Luxembourg, Moselle Region, 31 July – 1 August 2024

Building on the success of previous editions at the Cass Business School (UK), the University of Luxembourg is pleased to announce the 4th Conference on Corporate Policies and Asset Prices, scheduled for 31 July and 1 August 2024, in the Moselle wine region of Luxembourg (in-person event).

This 1.5 days conference will focus on the interactions between corporate decisions and asset prices, broadly defined. It features the presentation of 8 papers & discussions, a keynote presentation, and several opportunities for knowledge exchange and networking.

TOPICS:
We invite authors to submit original, theoretical and/or empirical papers covering topics within the intersection of corporate finance and asset pricing, broadly defined. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to):

• Asset pricing anomalies and explanations,
• explaining asset pricing anomalies with corporate finance models,
• dynamic corporate finance and contracting models and their asset pricing implications,
• Asset pricing implications of sustainable financing,
• the feedback from asset prices to corporate decisions, and
• structural estimation of dynamic models utilizing asset prices data.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Josef Zechner (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

Roberto Steri (roberto.steri@uni.lu), University of Luxembourg

Enrique Schroth (enrique.schroth@edhec.edu), EDHEC Business School

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  15 April 2024

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Interested authors should submit their papers as a pdf-file by filling in the following online form. There is not submission fees. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by early May, 2024. Submissions by PhD students expecting to go on the academic job market in 2025 are welcome.

EXPENSES COVERED:

Accommodation will be covered for speakers and discussants (up to two nights for EU participants, and three nights for non-EU participants). Additionally, full onsite catering services and shuttles will be organized from the airport/train station to the conference venue.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

Venue: Mercure Luxembourg Kikuoka Golf and Spa, Canach, Luxembourg (about 15-20 minutes away from the airport and city center).

Preliminary schedule: Tuesday, 30 July – arrival of participants; Wednesday, 31 July full day & Thursday, 1 August morning – conference.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

For any questions regarding the conference, please contact Ms. Noémie Courtois at coap.submissions@uni.lu