现代风险协会将于2020年8月21-22日召开第六届“金融风险国际研讨会”（CIRF2020）。会议主题为“风险传染、资本市场与新冠疫情”。会议将采用线上线下相结合的方式，线上会议将采用网络会议形式，线下会议为上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院举行的2020 China Finance Review International Conference (CFRI 2020)。会议由西南财经大学金融学院、Pacific-Basin Finance Journal、《管理科学学报》《经济学动态》共同支持。参会论文需在CIRF主页通过会议投稿系统提交论文，截止日期2020年6月7日。

Call for Papers

2020 China International Risk Forum & China Finance Review International

Joint Conference

Special Issue of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal

Theme: Contagion, Capital Markets, and Coronavirus

We would like to announce that the Modern Risk Society will hold its sixth annual China International Risk Forum (CIRF2020) online on August 21-22, 2020. The virtual CIRF conference is co-sponsored by the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the School of Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

The purpose of the forum is to promote research broadly related to financial risk management in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. As in the previous conferences, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal dedicates a special issue to papers to be presented at the forum. The special issue has a theme of Contagion, Capital Markets, and Coronavirus. Potential research topics include but are not limited to the following topics:

Contagion, capital markets, and coronavirus

Asset pricing, risk factors and anomalies

Corporate finance and governance

Credit risk, interest risk, and liquidity risk

Behavioral perspectives of risk management

Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion

Pension risk and institutional investment managemant

Catastrophic risk, tail risk and insurance

Financial stability, leverage and systematic risk

Political risk and macroeconomic risk

Household finance, health risk and personal risk management

Cyber risk and enterprise risk management

Big data and predictive modeling in risk management

Fintech and blockchain

In case you would like to participate in the conference onsite, you may join the 2020 China Finance Review International (CFRI 2020) Conference held at the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University on August 21-22, 2020. Please indicate your preference for CIRF2020 (virtual) or CFRI2020 (scheduled to be onsite) when submitting your paper. The same program committee will work on submissions to both conferences.

Papers presented at the conference can also be considered by the China Finance Review International (CFRI) hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2044-1398). Papers accepted to the Chinese sessions will be recommended to “管理科学学报” (http://jmsc.tju.edu.cn/ch/index.aspx) and “经济学动态” (http://www.jjxdt.org/). The standard review processes of the respective journals will be followed.

Conference Website

https://www.cirforum.org/cirforum.html

Conference Submission

Both completed papers and early drafts with innovative ideas related to the theme topics are encouraged. Chinese submissions are welcome, as there will be Chinese sessions.

Please submit a pdf file without author information via the link https://cirforum.org/Paper_submission.html prior to June 7, 2020. There is no submission fee.

Keynote Speakers

Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania

Research Excellence Awards

CIRF-Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Research Award (Finance Research/Financial Risk Management, USD 1,000)

CIRF-Global Association of Risk Professionals Research Award, Finance Research/

Financial Risk Management, USD 1,000)

CIRF-China Finance Review International Research Award (Asset Management/

Financial Intermediary, USD 1,000)

CIRF-Center for Inclusive and Intelligent Finance SWUFE Award (Fixed Income and Credit Risk, USD 1,000)

CIRF-Modern Risk Society Contribution Award (USD 1,000)

CIRF Lifetime Achievement Award

Conference Registration

The registration fee for the conference is USD 50 for presenting authors and non-presenting participants. The conference is free to session chairs and discussants who do not have a paper in the program. It is also free to student participants. Presenting authors should register for the conference before August 1, 2020. Online registration starts on July 10, 2020 on the forum webpage.

Submission to PBFJ

The submission to PBFJ special issue is separate from the conference submission with its deadline on October 1, 2020. Submission details will be provided shortly after the conference.

See http://www.journals.elsevier.com/pacific-basin-finance-journal for the journal information.

Important Dates

Deadline for Conference Submission：June 7, 2020

Notification of Conference Acceptance：July 10, 2020

Conference Registration：Presenters：July 10, 2020 – August 1, 2020

Conference Registration: Others：July 10, 2020 – August 22, 2020

Conference Dates：August 21&22, 2020

Subsequent Submission to PBFJ (English)：October 1, 2020

Expected Journal Acceptance Deadline：July 31, 2021

Expected Publication Date：September 1, 2021

Conference Leadership

Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (President)

Bing Han, University of Toronto (Co-President)

Guest Co-Editors of PBFJ Special Issue

Bing Han, University of Toronto

Ronghua Luo, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

Conference Co-Secretaries

Lin Guo, Suffolk University

Zhiyong Li, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Huixia Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Contact Email

financeforum@outlook.com