New for 2008!

Financial Management

Published on behalf of the Financial Management Association International

Edited by:
William G. Christie
Vandberbilt University

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 15/45 Business, Finance
Impact Factor: 1

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Financial Management (FM) serves both academics and practitioners concerned with the financial management of nonfinancial businesses, financial institutions, and public or private not-for-profit organizations.

TopNews and Announcements

2008 FMA CONFERENCES

2008 FMA European Conference
The Thirteenth Annual FMA European Conference will be held June 4 - 6, 2008 at the Prague Hilton Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.

The FMA European Conference brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in financial decision-making.  The meeting provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management, investments, financial markets and institutions, and related topics. Keynote addresses and other special presentations will be held in addition to research paper presentations.

For more information, go to www.fma.org/Prague/

Program Chairs: Jan Hanousek, CERGE-EI; Michael Lemmon, University of Utah
Submission Deadline: December 3, 2007

Fifth Annual Napa Conference on Financial Markets Research
Napa Valley, California

We seek high-quality papers from scholars in the fields of finance and accounting for the Fifth Annual Napa Conference on Financial Markets Research, co-hosted by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Financial Management, the journal of the Financial Management Association (FMA). This is a small, high-quality, conference held in the heart of Napa Valley's wine country at the Cakebread Winery.

In addition to consuming high-quality research, conference participants consume outstanding wine and cuisine in the bucolic Napa Valley. There are hosted dinners on Friday and Saturday at superb Napa Valley restaurants and a luncheon prepared by the chef at Cakebread Winery on Saturday. Following the conference on Saturday, there is a hosted wine tasting at the Cakebread winery.

Six papers will be selected for the program.  Conference organizers will pay for all presenter travel expenses.

Criteria used to select papers for the program include the nature of the research problem, implications of the proposed research, the quality of the research design, and the expected contribution of the research to the literature. 

For more information, go to www.fma.org/Napa/

Program Chairs: Brad Barber, UC Davis, Bill Christie, Vanderbilt University
Submission Deadline: November 8, 2007

2008 FMA Annual Meeting
Grapevine (Dallas), Texas

The Thirty-Eighth Annual FMA Annual Meeting will be held October 8 - 11, 2008 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas. FMA's Annual Meeting brings together academicians and practitioners with interests in financial decision-making.  The meeting provides a forum for presenting new research and discussing current issues in financial management, investments, financial markets and institutions, and related topics. The Doctoral Student Seminar, roundtables, and Keynote Address are held Wednesday.

For more information, go to www.fma.org/Texas/

Program Chair: Anthony Saunders, New York University
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2008

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TopHighlights

Dividend Policy Inside the Multinational Firm
Desai, Foley and Hines Jr.
Vol 36-1

Product Development and Market Expansion: A Real Options Model
Gamba and Micalizzi
Vol 36-1

Value of Conglomerates and Capital Market Conditions
Yan
Vol 35-4

On the Accuracy of Different Measures of q
Erickson and Whited
Vol 35-3

Stock Liquidity and Investment Opportunities: Evidence from Index Additions
Becker-Blease and Paul
Vol 35-3

Do Investors Capture the Value Premium?
Hogue and Loughran
Vol 35-2

Investor Recognition, Liquidity, and Exchange Listings in the Reformed Markets
Jain and Kim
Vol 35-2

Active Institutional Shareholders and Costs of Monitoring: Evidence from Executive Compensation
Almazan, Hartzell and Starks.
Vol 34-4

Using Expectations to Test Asset Pricing Models
Brav, Lehavy and Michaely
Vol 34-3