CfP Deadline:
November 30, 2025
Conference Event:
April 24-25, 2026
Event Location:
Tokyo, Japan
Organizer(s):
IMF
University of Tokyo/CARF
CompNet
IWH
EBRD
EIB
CEPR
Keynote Speaker(s):
Ayhan Kose (The World Bank and CEPR)
Description:
We are delighted to invite submissions for the upcoming academic conference on “Corporate Finance and Productivity in Times of Geopolitical Fragmentation” to be held in Tokyo on 24–25 April 2026.
Building on the tradition of earlier FINPRO conferences, FINPRO5 will focus on how firms adapt their investment and financing decisions and build resilience in response to geopolitical uncertainty, tighter fiscal space and financial conditions, supply-chain disruptions, and climaterelated factors. The conference will explore how these and other external shocks and resource limitations are reshaping the ability of firms to invest, innovate, and sustain productivity.
We aim to bring together scholars, policymakers, financial institutions, and industry leaders to examine firm-level responses, innovative financing mechanisms, and strategic pathways for resilience and productivity growth in a rapidly changing global environment.
Topics of Interest
- Geopolitical fragmentation and other external shocks: impacts on firms’ tangible and intangible investments, operations, and productivity
- Fiscal and financing constraints for firms and governments and their implications for resilient investment and capital reallocation
- Innovative financing approaches for sustainable and resilient firm-level investment
- Firm-level adaptation strategies for managing supply chain disruptions, resource constraints, and environmental risks
- Financial instruments and policy frameworks supporting resilience, efficient capital allocation, and capacity to invest
- The role of private sector engagement in resilient infrastructure deployment and productivity-enhancing investment.
We welcome both empirical and theoretical contributions.
Submission:
The deadline for paper submission is 6 pm (GMT), 30 November 2025. Papers should be submitted via the following online form: [here].
Selected authors will be notified by 20 December 2025. Each paper will be assigned to a discussant selected from experts in the field.