11th FIRN Annual Conference
22nd-25th of November, 2022, Hamilton Island, Queensland
FIRN invites academics and international visiting scholars at FIRN member institutions to register for the Conference and PhD Symposium and book accommodation at Hamilton Island Resort. The conference will be held from Tuesday 22 November through to Friday 25 November and the 5th FIRN PhD Symposium will be held during this time.
This year FIRN have heavily subsidised the conference registration fee to encourage your attendance. This is a temporary measure, however we will try to keep the fee low for the next few years. The registration fee is $250 and will cover:
– All conference sessions
– PhD Symposium
– Welcome reception
– Networking team event (buggy rally)
– Conference Dinner
An early bird reduced registration fee of $200 will apply if you book before 27 August.
Please click here to register for the conference.
The conference has secured accommodation at the Reef View Hotel. A conference Standard Room rate is being offered at $330 per night. Upgraded alternatives are also available.
Please click here to book your accommodation.
All events are organised with the expectation that participants stay at the designated conference accommodation.
The 11th FIRN Annual Conference will be held from Tuesday 22nd to Friday 25th November at the Hamilton Island Resort. The 5th FIRN PhD Symposium will also take place during the Conference.
The FIRN annual conference provides an opportunity for finance academics to meet and present their research and exchange ideas, develop their networks and discuss the latest finance research. Academics and international visiting scholars at FIRN member institutions will be invited to submit a paper to the conference. All the papers are double blind-reviewed by established international scholars.
Here is the Call for Papers.
Submissions are now closed.
Gordon Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Gordon Phillips is the Laurence F. Whittemore Professor of Business Administration. He is a faculty advisor at the Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital, where he was the faculty director for 5 years, reorganizing and helping to expand the previously named Center for Private Equity. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a visiting research professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has been a visiting professor at Duke University, HEC Paris, Insead, MIT, and Southern Mediterranean University.
Recent research published in the Journal of Political Economy and the Review of Financial Studies has been on applying computational linguistics to firm financial statements to analyze merger synergies, dividends and product market competition. Research published in the Journal of Finance has been on real and financial booms and busts and mergers and acquisitions and how firms organize across multiple markets. He recently presented the keynote address on PIPEs (private investment in public equity) to an audience of executives and finance professionals. He has served as an associate editor at The Review of Financial Studies and The Journal of Corporate Finance.
The Conference Program is available here and below.
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
09:00-10:30 |
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10:30-11:00 |
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11:00-12:30 |
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12:30-14:00 |
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Tuesday, 22 November 2022
14:00-15:30 |
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15:30-16:00 |
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16:00-16:30 |
CP1: Constraints and Portfolio Choice Session Chair: Elvira Sojli, UNSW Cultural Origins of Investment Behavior Andreas Ek; Gunes Gokmen; Kaveh Majlesi Discussant: TC Lin, University of Hong Kong* Rui Dai; Rui Duan; Hao Liang; Lilian Ng Discussant: Cara Vansteenkiste, UNSW |
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16:30-18:30 |
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18:30-20:00 |
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Wednesday, 23 November 2022
07:30-09:00 |
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09:00-10:30 |
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10:30-11:00 |
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11:00-12:30 |
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12:30-14:00 |
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14:00-16:00 |
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16:00-16:30 |
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Thursday, 24 November 2022
09:00-10:30 |
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10:30-11:00 |
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11:00-12:30 |
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12:30-14:00 |
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14:00-15:30 |
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15:30-16:00 |
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16:00-17:30 |
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17:30-18:30 |
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18:30-21:00 |
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Friday, 25 November 2022
07:30-09:00 |
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09:00-10:30 |
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10:30-11:00 |
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11:00-12:30 |
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12:30-14:00 |
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