The Finance and Accounting Department at the School of Management, University at Buffalo is pleased to host the 34^th Annual Conference for Financial Economics and Accounting on October 24- 26, 2024.

The CFEA

CFEA is organized by members of a consortium representing 10 universities: Georgia State University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, New York University, Rutgers University, Temple University, Tulane University, University at Buffalo, University of Maryland, and University of Toronto.

The 34^TH CFEA (October 24-26, 2024)

This is a highly selective and refereed conference aimed to bring together financial economists and accounting scholars to share their research relevant to theory and practice of business, with a special focus on the intersection of the two fields of research.

Attendees will include academics, practitioners and PhD students at all levels of experience, and involved with all aspects of theory and practice in accounting, economics, finance and other disciplines.

Paper Submissions

Authors are invited to submit papers in all areas of finance and accounting, and papers where these areas may overlap. This year’s conference will feature special sessions on machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data and fintech.

There is a submission fee of $50 per paper that must be paid when the paper is submitted. Instructions on how to upload papers will be in the return email after payment of the submission fee.

Payment can be made using this website.

The deadline for submitting papers is June 30, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET.

Conference Format

The 34^TH Conference for Financial Economics and Accounting will take place in Buffalo, New York on October 24-26, 2024. For travel and accommodation information, please refer to the conference website.

Keynote Speakers

Bryan Kelly, Yale University (Finance Area)

Shiva Rajgopal, Columbia University (Accounting Area)

Dates to Remember

June 30, 2024: Submission deadline for full papers.

Early September 2024: Notification of acceptance of papers.

October 1, 2024: Registration deadline. Details to come.

Program Committee

Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics)

Geert Bekaert (Columbia University)

Thomas Chemmanur (Boston College)

Jaewon Choi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Tarun Chordia (Emory University)

Will Cong (Cornell University)

Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame)

Winston Dou (University of Pennsylvania)

Ran Duchin (Boston College)

Jianqing Fan (Princeton University)

Paul Goldsmith Pinkham (Yale University)

Bing Han (University of Toronto)

Gerard Hoberg (University of South Carolina)

Kose John (New York University)

1. Han Kin (University of Michigan)

Stanley Kon (Ripsaw LLC)

Cheng F. Lee (Rutgers University)

Erik Lie (University of Iowa)

Yukun Liu (University of Rochester)

Yiming Ma (Columbia University)

David Ng (Cornell University)

Amiyatosh Purnanandam (University of Michigan)

Seth Pruitt (Arizona State University)

Ehud I. Ronn (University of Texas at Austin)

Zacharias Sautner (University of Zurich)

Lemma Senbet (University of Maryland)

Kelly Shue (Yale University)

Emil Siriwardane (Harvard University)

Charles Trzcinka (Indiana University)

Laurence van Lent (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Dacheng Xiu (University of Chicago)

Yuhai Xuan (University of California, Irvine)

Liu Yang (University of Maryland)

Liyan Yang (University of Toronto)

Guofi Zhou (Washington University in St. Louis)

ML/AI/Bigdata/Fintech Committee

Will Cong (Cornell University)

Winston Dou (University of Pennsylvania)

Jianqing Fan (Princeton University)

Bryan Kelly (Yale University)

Yukun Liu (University of Rochester)

Dacheng Xiu (University of Chicago)