The European Financial Management Association will hold its 18th Annual Meeting in MILAN (ITALY), June 24-27, 2009.

Members and friends of the European Financial Management Association are invited to participate in the 2009 Annual Meeting. You are encouraged to submit papers in all areas of Finance.

The Association will present the GARP Risk Management Award ($2,500) & WRDS Conference Best Paper Award ($2,000) Publication. A set of papers presented at the meeting will be selected by the 2009 Program Co-Chairs and will be published in a regular issue of the European Financial Management journal, in cooperation with the Managing Editor. Electronic Submission. Only electronic submissions will be considered.

Submit three files in PDF format: (1) Complete paper, (2) Paper without the name/s of author/s’, and (3) the Abstract (i.e., the first page of your paper). When submitting your paper please provide the following information: The title, name(s) of the author(s), complete address(s), telephone and fax numbers, EFM classification codes (available on our website) and e-mail addresses for each author. Please indicate which author(s) will attend and which author will present the paper. Please also denote your research areas (using EFM classification codes) that you would like to serve as a session chair and/or discussant. If your paper is accepted, you are expected to act as session chair/or discussant in your field of research.

The deadline for papers and proposals is January 15, 2009. Authors will be notified by March 4, 2009.

Please submit your paper electronically to the European Financial Management Association Conference at: http://www.efmaefm.org