IX FIMEF International Financial Research Conference

The IX FIMEF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE, organized by the Research Foundation of IMEF (Mexican Institute of Financial Executives), and MARIST UNIVERSITY OF MERIDA, MEXICO, and with the collaboration of 12 Mexican institutions of higher education, will take place August 29-30, 2019 at the beautiful “White City” of Merida, Mexico.

The conference, the largest and most important on financial economics in Latin America, covers issues dealing with accounting, financial economics, and key interrelated contemporary macro and microeconomic topics, both concerning developed and emerging markets as well as their links.

The conference has a quantitative focus and offers a Diamond Award to distinguished financial economists. The I FIMEF Finance Diamond Prize recipient was Oldrich Vasicek in 2016; in 2017 FIMEF honored Dr. Robert C. Merton, Nobel Laurate 1997; last year, Marco Avellaneda, Quant of the Year 2010, was distinguished with that Prize. This year CARMEN REINHART, a leading international woman economist, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School, will be the awardee and Keynote Speaker.

The Conference es bilingual. Papers either in Spanish or English are welcome. Proposals for full sessions are also welcome (four papers, two hours sessions). We recommend Ibero-American scholars to send their papers in English, which will allow a better discussion of their research, as well reinforce it and increase opportunities to publish them in national and international specialized journals.

Submission deadline: Monday April 8, 2019
On line submission: congreso-investigacion-fimef@imef.org.mx.

Papers accepted are encouraged to be sent to The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance to be considered for publication. The journal is among Mexico’s top internationally competitive journals, recognized by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology. Indexing includes SciELO Citation Index, Wos, Redalyc, RePec, Latindex, EconLit, EBSCO, and others. Papers can also be sent to the XXXV IMEF-EY International Financial Prize ((NMX$ 500,000 in prices, webpage: https://www.premioimef-ey.imef.org.mx/)

Acceptance letters will be delivered within three weeks. For further information about on line submissions, fees, hotel arrangements, please visit this page.

Merida is in the former heartland of the Mayans. The city has a population of almost one million inhabitants, and remains ranked as top five in quality of life of all Mexican cities. Merida is a thirty-minute drive to the beach of Progreso, a 3-hour drive from Cancun (50 minutes flight time), and a 2-hour plane ride from Miami. Aditionally, Merida is 1 ½ hours drive to the Mayan Pyramids of Chitchen Itza, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1988, and in 2007 it became one of the wonders of the modern world.

Please submit your article as soon as possible. (Submission deadline: Monday April 8, 2019)
Your participation will no doubt enhance the quality of the conference. We look forward to meeting and welcome you!