Announcement

Joint Conference with the Allied Korea Finance Associations (AKFAs)
• The conference will be held in Seoul for one day. KAFA no longer reviews papers for the conference. You are suggested to submit your paper(s) to the conference directly. If your papers are accepted, you will be considered for one of the three outstanding overseas scholar awards with a prize of ₩ 1,000,000 for each recipient.
• Topics: Any finance areas
• When: Friday, May 31st, 2024
• Where: The Plaza Hotel, Seoul, Korea

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Joint Conference with the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF) and the Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA)
The annual joint conference with the KIF and KAEA will be held as a one-day conference (June 10th, 2024, KST).
• When: June 10th, 2024, 1PM - 5PM, Korean Standard Time (KST)
• Where: Korea Federation of Banks Building 14th Fl (Detailed address and room will be announced later)

 

Two KAFA-FMA special sessions at the 2024 FMA Asia/Pacific Conference
We appreciate Professor Ha-Chin Yi who organized special sessions in the 2024 FMA Asia/Pacific Conference at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. In addition, we appreciate Paper Review Committee Members (Sehyun Yoo, Chair, President-Elect, Minmo Gahng , Jung Hoon Lee, Yeejin Jang, Jungmin Kim) who review all submitted papers to select.
• Korea-America Finance Association Special Session
Moderator:
Ha-Chin Yi, President, Korea-America Finance Association, Texas State University

 

Presentation:
• Choonsik Lee, University of Rhode Island, “The CFA Program and Mutual Fund Voting on Environmental and Social Proposals.” 
• Gunsu Son, University of South Florida, “High-Frequency Traders in the Options Market: Cream Skimming and Toxic Order Flow”
• Yeejin Jang, University of New South Wales, “All Clear for Takeoff: Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization.”

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Korea-America Finance Association and Korea Finance Association Special Session
Moderator:
Jaehoon Hahn, Yonsei University

 

Presentation:
• Jenny Jihyun Tak, University of Sydney, “Trade Credit within a Business Group.”
• Raymond Kim, Northern Arizona University, “The Paradox of Record Cash and Record Debt.”
• Kiyoung Chang, University of South Florida, “Macho CEOs! Unveiling the Detrimental Impact of Masculinity on Corporate Innovation.”