13th Corporate Finance Theory Symposium 2026 Call for Papers

Call for Papers closing 25 February 2026

The Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) welcomes submissions for its 2026 Corporate Finance Theory Symposium to be held in Cambridge, UK, in person, on 15 and 16 September 2026. The symposium covers all areas of theoretical corporate finance, including theory papers that combine corporate finance theory with a related area such as banking, market micro-structure, asset pricing, and financial accounting. 

The format of the 2026 symposium will be similar in nature to previous years’ editions (Previous Conferences).  We expect to have about 9 papers (each with a discussant) and one keynote speech.  

Please read carefully before submitting your paper: Further information & Requirements.
 

The paper’s cover page must include: a title, abstract, authors' names and affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author.

The submitted paper must not have been accepted (or conditionally accepted) at a journal at the time of submission. 
 

Please submit your paper online (in pdf format) by following the process below. 

 

There is a paper submission fee of £50 per paper. You can pay this via the payment link within the form which will open in a new window. Once you have paid the fee, please return to the submission form to submit your paper. 
 

NB: please ensure you upload and submit the paper after completing the payment.

  • Adelina Barbalau (University of Alberta)
  • Shiqi Chen (University of Lancaster)
  • Jason Donaldson (London School of Economics)
  • Simon Gervais (Duke University)
  • Jing Huang (Texas A&M University)
  • Markus Parlasca (WU Vienna)
  • Cecilia Parlatore (New York University)
  • Alessio Piccolo (Indiana University)
  • Adriano Rampini (Duke University)
  • Magdalena Rola-Janicka (Imperial)
  • Jan Starmans (Stockholm School of Economics)
  • Lucy White (Boston University)
  • Yue Yuan (University College London)
  • Adam Zawadowski (Central European University)
  • Hongda Zhong (University of Texas at Dallas)
  • Pavel Zryumov (Rochester University)
  • Konstantin Milbradt (Northwestern University)

 

 

The deadline for submissions is 25 February 2026.

Conference Organisers: Bart Lambrecht (CERF, Cambridge Judge Business School and CEPR) and Vincent Maurin (HEC Paris)