Call for papers for the 5th Conference in Corporate Policies and Asset Prices (COAP)

Luxembourg, Moselle Region, 30 – 31 July 2025

Building on the success of previous editions, the University of Luxembourg is pleased to announce the 5th Conference on Corporate Policies and Asset Prices, scheduled for 30 and 31 July 2025, 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

Jules Van Binsbergen (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

Paper submission procedure

Interested authors should submit their papers as a pdf-file by filling in the following online form. There are no submission fees. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by early May 2025. Submissions by PhD students expecting to go on the academic job market in 2025 are welcome.

Submission deadline – 1 April 2025

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.