Presents the 13^th Annual Conference on

Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, and Accounting

Friday, June 10 & Saturday, June 11, 2005

Livingston Student Center, Piscataway

Rutgers University at New Brunswick, NJ USA

About the Conference

The primary objective of the conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, and Accounting (PBFEA) is to bring together eminent academics and industry leaders from the Pacific Basin region to discuss and exchange ideas on contemporary issues in areas such as financial markets, new products and services, financial regulation, banking, risk management, financial engineering, and business management and marketing. The PBFEA 2005 Conference is to be held on June 10-11, 2005 at Piscataway, New Jersey, USA and hosted by the Faculty of Rutgers Business School at Rutgers University.

The Conference will focus on issues relating to Asia Pacific financial markets and instruments, the economic and financial development, and the marketing and management of business of the region. Several prominent government officials, industry professionals, and leading academics from all over the world have been invited to share their thoughts. Special panel sessions on the above-mentioned topics have also been organized. Come and update yourself with the current and future trends of thoughts and research in the Pacific Basin region.

Call for Papers and Participation

Rutgers Business School is pleased to announce the 13th Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, and Accounting. Academicians and practitioners are cordially invited to participate. Submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the program committee. Papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be conditionally accepted for publication, if the authors so desire, in one of the following publications:

	Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (RQFA)
	Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies
	Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting
	Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting
	Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Impacts of Outsourcing on US Economy	Corporate Governance	Financial Engineering
Executive Compensation Schemes	Venture Capital	Market Microstructure
Financial Reform after Financial Crisis	Derivative Securities	Debt & Equity Markets
Managed Funds	Bank Risk Management	New Basel Capital Accord
Marketing	Production	Business Policies
Management Information Systems	Accounting	Auditing & Taxation
Contract Design & Financial Intermediation	Actuarial Science and Insurance	Lessons Learned from Bank Failure Management
Financial Market & Economic Development	Real Estate Finance & Mortgaged-Backed Securities	Corporate Finance and Restructuring

In addition to the above, there will be invited practitioners panel sessions.

Click here for the program schedule

Paper Submission

The deadline for paper submission is March 15, 2005. Authors should send a Word or PDF file of their completed paper in English. Each submission should have the following on the cover page:

Title of the paper

Each author’s name

	Affiliation
	E-mail address
	Fax number
	Telephone number

On the second page of the paper should be an abstract. Only electronic submissions will be accepted to lee@rbsmail.rutgers.edu. Authors will be notified of the review committee’s decision by April 1, 2005.

Persons interested in participating as a chairperson or discussant should also formally express their interest.

Publication Note

To be considered for publication, the author should formally submit his/her paper to Professor Cheng-few Lee, along with a submission fee of US$85 (check to be made payable to RQFA). Professor Lee will decide on the appropriate journal for publication in accordance with the reviewer’s comments.

Program Director

Cheng-Few Lee, Rutgers University, USA

Program Co-Director

Ivan Brick, Rutgers University, USA

Nemmara Chidambaran, Rutgers University, USA

Conference Organizer

Rutgers Business School, USA

Conference Co-Organizers

National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Foundation of Pacific Basin Financial Research and Development, Taiwan

Program Committee Members

James R. Barth, Auburn University, USA

Ren Raw Chen, Rutgers University , USA

Chin-chen Chien, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

J. Jay Choi, Temple University, USA

Yasuo Hoshino, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Frank C. Jen, SUNY at Buffalo, USA

John C. Lee, JP Morgan Chase & Company, USA

Alice C. Lee, San Francisco State University , USA

Picheng Lee, Pace University, USA

William T. Lin, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Martin Markowitz, Rutgers University, USA

Oded Palmon, Rutgers University, USA

James H. Scott, Prudential Investments, USA

Khee Giap Tan, Nangyang Technological University, Singapore

Emilio Venezian, Rutgers University, USA

Gili Yen, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan

Gillian Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Sponsors

The Whitcomb Center for Research in Financial Services

Rutgers Business School

Taipei Economics and Culture Office in New York

The Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies.

Taiwanese Financial Engineering Association

Livingston College, Rutgers University

Cenzone Tech, Inc