Session Overview
2011 Program 38th Annual Meetings of the European Finance Association Clarion Hotel Sign Stockholm, Sweden August 17-20, 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the hard work of our more than 340 Track Chairs and Reviewers who by serving on the Program Committee made this conference possible. We also would like to personally acknowledge the financial support from Handelsbanken’s Jan Wallander and Tore Browaldh research foundations, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, NasdaqOMX, the City of Stockholm, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the European Central Bank, SAC Capital Advisors, LP., Nordea, Commonfund, the newly created Swedish House of Finance (SHOF), and Spängler IQAM Invest. We thank our colleagues René M. Stulz and Pehr Wissén for their willingness to serve as panel moderators. Last, but definitely not least, we are deeply indebted to Robyn Scholl for her outstanding and dedicated work on all aspects of this conference. The Stockholm Team Mike Burkart Ingrid M. Werner Per Strömberg 1 EUROPEAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION The European Finance Association (EFA) was created in 1974 under the auspices of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and in close cooperation with the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM). The aim of the Association is to provide a professional society for academics and practitioners with an interest in financial management, financial theory and its application. EFA serves as a focal point of communication for its members residing in Europe and abroad. It also provides a framework for better dissemination of information and exchange at the international level. The Association's Annual Meetings provide the opportunity to present research work in all areas of finance, including asset pricing, corporate finance, financial intermediation, market microstructure, behavioral finance, international finance, financial econometrics and real estate.
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