Call for Papers

14th ITAM Finance Conference

Mexico City, February 21-22, 2025


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ITAM’s Department of Business Administration is delighted to host the 14th ITAM Finance Conference, designed to bring together leading scholars in the field. The conference will be held in person on Friday February 21st and Saturday February 22nd, 2025 at ITAM’s Santa Teresa campus in Mexico City.

 

This year, Itzhak (Zahi) Ben-David (OSU) will give the keynote address for the conference.

 

We invite authors to submit empirical or theoretical papers from all areas of finance and financial economics (broadly defined). We particularly encourage submission of new work, and request that submitted papers not be forthcoming for publication at the time of submission.



HOW TO SUBMIT


Please submit a PDF file no later than October 20th, 2024 at the following link: https://gonzo.itam.mx/finance/Home/form0.

Authors of selected papers will be notified by mid-November. For additional questions, please contact Jose Maria Barrero (jose.barrero@itam.mx).



 

SUBMISSION FEE


All submissions must be accompanied by a $1,250 MXN (approximately $65 USD) submission fee.  To ensure full consideration, please complete your payment before submitting your paper at the following link: https://tienda.itam.mx/products/submission-fee-itam-finance-conference and accept the terms and conditions. PLEASE USE PAYPAL AS YOUR PAYMENT METHOD TO AVOID ISSUES.  If you have any questions or issues with the submission fee payment,  please contact Jose Maria Barrero (jose.barrero@itam.mx).

 



TRIP TO THE PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACÁN


All participants are invited to join us for a trip to the Pyramids of Teotihuacán, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the outskirts of Mexico City, on the afternoon of the second day (Saturday, February 22nd). In most cases, we can accommodate a reasonable number of guests accompanying presenters or discussants to the pyramids and social events.



 

MEALS AND ACCOMMODATION


We will cover breakfast and lunch for all presenters and discussants for the two days of the conference, as well as a cocktail dinner reception on Friday, February 21st.


Additionally, we will hold a block of rooms at a nearby hotel for presenters and will cover up to 3 nights’ accommodation for discussants. Details will be announced in due course.

 

 

 

TRAVEL AND LOCATION INFORMATION


Mexico City International Airport has direct flights to major cities in North America, Europe, and Latin America. Daytime high temperatures in late February range from 23 to 26oC (74 to 78oF) with overnight lows of 9 to 11oC (48 to 52oF).

 

In addition to visa-free nationalities, Mexico generally grants visa-free entry to visitors who have a valid visa or permanent residence permit issued by the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Schengen Area countries, or Japan.

 


PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND SELECT PARTICIPANTS


Deborah Lucas (MIT Sloan), Janice Eberly (Northwestern/Kellogg), Ludovic Phalippou (Oxford), Nicholas Bloom (Stanford), Neil Pearson (Illinois),  Jay Ritter (Florida), Myron Scholes (Stanford University), Fernando Zapatero (USC), Richard Stanton (Berkeley), Andrew Karolyi (Cornell), Rui Albuquerque (BC), Robert F. Dittmar (Michigan), Lorenzo Garlappi (UBC), Joseph Gerakos (Chicago), Nikolai Roussanov (Wharton), Sorin Sorescu (Texas A&M), Hui Chen (MIT), Andrew Patton (Duke), Bo Becker (Harvard), Chris Parsons (USC), Torben Andersen (Northwestern), Robert Dittmar (Michigan), Jay Huang (PennState), Nikunj Kapadia (Massachusetts), Kris Jacobs (Houston), Tarun Chordia (Emory), Terrance Odean (Berkeley), Nicolae Garleanu (Berkeley), Alok Kumar (Miami), Viktor Todorov (Northwestern), Stephen Figlewski (NYU), John Graham (Duke), Suleyman Basak (LBS), Michael Ewens (Columbia), Anthony Cookson (UC Boulder), Amit Goyal (Lausanne), Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern-Kellogg), Yufeng Wu (OSU), Selale Tuzel (USC), Janet Gao (Georgetown), Rafael Zambrana (Notre Dame), Lu Liu (Wharton), Antonio Gargano (Houston), Chris Conlon (NYU Stern), Alex Chinco (Baruch), Mindy Xiaolan (UT Austin), Anastassia Fedyk (UC Berkeley), Greg Nini (Drexel)




LEAD ORGANIZERS


José María Barrero, ITAM, jose.barrero@itam.mx 


Franco Zecchetto, ITAM, franco.zecchetto@itam.mx 


  

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE


Felipe Brugues, ITAM, felipe.brugues@itam.mx


Pedro Garcia-Ares, ITAM, pedro.garcia@itam.mx


Renata Herrerias, ITAM, renata.herrerias@itam.mx


Felix Matthys, ITAM, felix.matthys@itam.mx 


Aurelio Vasquez, ITAM, aurelio.vasquez@itam.mx