THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL UTAH WINTER FINANCE CONFERENCE


February 5-7, 2009
University Park Marriott
Salt Lake City, Utah


The Nineteenth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference will be held February 5-7, 2009. The opening reception begins Wednesday evening, February 4th. (Note: Location and format will be the same as the previous UWFCs.)

Click HERE for conference program.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE!!


PARTNERSHIP UWFC and RFS:
The Utah Winter Finance Conference and the Review of Financial Studies announce a combined submission process. At your choice, your paper submitted to the UWFC also will be considered for publication by the Review of Financial Studies free of charge. Please see our website for the rules for submitting your paper to the RFS.

For more information in the Dual Submission rules click here.

For more information on the Review of Financial Studies (RFS) click here.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION:
Paper must be submitted by September 19, 2008. Please submit your paper under the SUBMITTERS menu option above.

Authors will be notified of paper selection in early December 2008.

BEST PAPER AWARD:
There is a $5,000 best paper award. The best paper is selected by a vote of the participants at the end of the last session.

SHMUEL KANDEL AWARD FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS:
The Utah Winter Finance Conference announces two new awards to outstanding PhD students in financial economics honoring the memory of Shmuel Kandel. A prize of $2,500 will be awarded to an outstanding international PhD student in the dissertation writing stage and a prize of $1,500 will be awarded to a PhD student writing a dissertation in financial economics at a North American University. Both students will attend the UWFC and will participate in the Student Utah Winter Finance Conference (SUWFC) held the Friday following the UWFC at the University of Utah.

The submission process for this years award is now closed. The winners will be announced by September 30th 2008.


If you have any questions about the conference, please email us at conference@utahwfc.org.

If you have any comments or problems with submitting or reviewing papers, please email us at jeff.hassett@business.utah.edu.