7th Annual Conference Of the Multinational Finance Society
April 5-8, 2000

About The Conference

The conference is organized by Drexel University and the School of Business-Camden, Rutgers University. The objective of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners from all over the world to focus on timely financial issues. Papers in all areas of finance dealing with developed as well as developing countries are welcome. An effort will be made to provide a balanced coverage of all countries. Please submit by November 22, 1999 three copies of a completed or nearly completed paper to the Program ChairProfessor:


George Tsetsekos
c/o Multinational Finance Society
School of Business-Camden
Rutgers University
Camden, NJ 08102, U.S.A.


The title page should include the affiliation, address, phone and e-mail of each author. All participants agree to serve as a discussant of a paper of his/her own area of interest, if needed. Upon request by the authors, papers presented at the conference will be considered for a distinguished paper award of US-$500. For additional information, please contact the Society at (856) 225-6594 (Tel), 225-6632 (Fax), and e-mail: mfs@crab.rutgers.edu.


Specific conference topics include but are not limited to:


International Financial Markets; Risk Management in Multinational Corporations International Portfolio Management and Pricing Models; International Capital Structure Issues for Firms; Microstructure of European and Emerging Markets; The Role of Accounting Information in Financial Decisions; Liberalization of Financial Markets; Cost of Bankruptcy and Financial Distress; International Real Estate Markets and FinanceMergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring; Linkages Between Stock and Foreign Exchange Markets; Initial Public Offerings and Equity Restructuring; Foreign Exchange Markets Arbitrage, Hedging and Pricing; Ownership Structure and the Performance of the Firm; International Banking Regulation and Financial Performance; Corporate Control, Agency Cost and Takeover Resistance; Discount Rate, Inflation, Interest Rates and Monetary Policy; Investment Banking and Issuing of Corporate Securities.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE


George Tsetsekos, Chair Drexel University
James Ang Florida State University
George Athanassakos Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
G. Geoffrey Booth Michigan State University
Thomas Chiang Drexel University
Ephraim Clark Middlesex University Business School, UK
Richard DeFusco University of Nebraska
P. C. Kumar The American University
Chuck Kwok University of South Carolina
Teppo Martikainen Helsinki School of Econ and BA, Finland
D. K. Malhodra Philadelphia University
Joseph Mason Drexel University
Pamela Peterson Florida State University
Yair Orgler Tel Aviv Univ & Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel
Edgar Ortiz Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
George Papaioannou Hofstra University
Michael Papaioannou International Monetary Fund
Michael Ratner Rider University
Nickolaos Travlos ALBA, Greece & Cardiff Business School, UK
Angelos Tsaklanganos Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
Alan Tucker Drexel University
Panos Varangis The World Bank
Uzi Yaari Rutgers University


Multinational Finance Journal


The Multinational Finance Journal (MFJ) publishes high-quality refereed articles on capital markets, financial institutions, management of investments, and corporate finance, dealing with issues that are relevantto the study and practice of finance in a global context. The MFJ makes a specific contribution by publishing research investigating phenomena related to the integration and interaction of national financial systems at the micro- and macro-finance level and by disseminating research originating from countries with financial markets in different stages of development and diverse institutional arrangements. Please mail three copies of the article to Professor Peter Theodossiou, Managing Editor, Multinational Finance Journal, School of Business, Rutgers University, 227 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA. Alternatively, e-mail an Adobe Acrobat PDF or postscript file to <mfs@crab.rutgers.edu>. The submission fee for members is US$20 and for non-members is US$50. The latter fee includes membership in the Society.