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2017 KFUPM Islam Riyadh TheKing Fahd University of Petroleum of Research Excellence for Islamic B and FinanceResearch Conference, 2017.The conference objective is t finance (IBF) before an audience of p The Journal of Corporate Financewill Keynote Spe Program Committee:Sami Al-Suwaile M. ShahidEbrahim (Durham); Ben Est Simon Gervais (Duke); MansorH. Ibra Steven Ongena (Zurich); Sheridan Titm (Oklahoma);Andreas Jobst (IMF) and Organizing Committee: Hesham Mer Bill Megginson (Saudi Aramco Chair i and Abdullah Almansour (Director, Ce Professional Keynote Speakers: Wea ranked officials in Saudi Arabia and specializing in Islamic financial produ Paper Submissions: Electronic subm via the conference website: http://c June30, 2017, and authors will be n should be indicated accordingly. W papers will be chosen. Travel and lod paid by the conference. Journal of Corporate FinanceCombi finalists for acceptance to the confe dual submission process are as follow 1. Authors must expressly indic 2. At the discretion of the JCF E considered for acceptance to authors will be asked to pay a reviewed. In these cases, aut 1 Call for Papers mic Banking and Finance Research Confer h, Saudi Arabia, November 19-20, 2017 m and Minerals’ (KFUPM) College of Industrial Mana Banking and Financeare pleased to announcethe 20 to be held at the Ritz-Carleton Hotel, Riyadh, to present the very best academic research on Is pre-eminent scholars and financial professionals. publish a Special Issueresulting from the conference eaker: Mark Flannery(University of Florida) em (Islamic Development Bank); Thorsten Beck (Cas ty (Harvard); Chitru Fernando (Oklahoma); VeljkoFo ahim (INCEIF); Martin Kanz(World Bank); Mohamad man (Texas); Usamah Uthaman (KFUPM), and Prade d M. Kabir Hassan (New Orleans). rdad (Chairman ofthe department of Finance and E in Finance, KFUPM and Price Chair in Finance, Unive enter of Research Excellence for Islamic Banking and are in the process to arrange non-academic keynot the region. We also plan to invite one or more wo ucts and services to speak. missions of unpublished papers can be made begin cim.kfupm.edu.sa/ibf2017/index.html . The deadline notified by August31, 2017. Papers submitted sole We expect the selection process to be highly selec dging expenses of the presenting author of each acc ined Submission Option: At the authors’ option, p erence can be submitted for publication at the JCF ws: cate interest in consideration by the JCF. Editors, papers that are among the final group of ma o the conference will be invited to submit to the JCF a standard submission fee, and the submission will b thors will receive a copy of the JCF reviewer report( rence agement and Center 017 Islamic Banking ,November 19-20, Islamic banking and e. ss Business School); otak (SUNY Buffalo); Alzahrani (KFUPM); eep Yadav Economics, KFUPM), ersity of Oklahoma), d Finance, KFUPM). te delivered by high- orld-leading bankers nning March 1, 2017 e for submissions is ely by PhD students ctive, since only 12 cepted paper will be papers that become F. The rules for the anuscripts F. At that time be formally (s).

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2017 KFUPM Islamic

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November

TheKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineralsof Research Excellence for Islamic Banking and Financeare

and FinanceResearch Conference, to be held at the Ritz

2017.The conference objective is to finance (IBF) before an audience of pre

The Journal of Corporate Financewill publish a Special Issue

Keynote Speaker:

Program Committee:Sami Al-Suwailem (Islamic Development Bank);M. ShahidEbrahim (Durham); Ben Esty (Harvard); Chitru Fernando (Oklahoma); VeljkoFotakSimon Gervais (Duke); MansorH. Ibrahim (INCEIF); Steven Ongena (Zurich); Sheridan Titman (Texas); (Oklahoma);Andreas Jobst (IMF) and M. Kabir Hassan Organizing Committee: Hesham Merdad Bill Megginson (Saudi Aramco Chair in Finance, KFUPMand Abdullah Almansour (Director, Center of Research Excellence

Professional Keynote Speakers: Weare in the process to arrange nonranked officials in Saudi Arabia and the regionspecializing in Islamic financial products and services to speak.

Paper Submissions: Electronic submissions of unpublished papevia the conference website: http://cim.kfupm.edu.sa/ibf2017/index.htmlJune30, 2017, and authors will be notified by Augustshould be indicated accordingly. We expect the selection process to be highly selepapers will be chosen. Travel and lodging expenses of the presenting author of each accepted paper will be paid by the conference.

Journal of Corporate FinanceCombined Submission Option: finalists for acceptance to the conference candual submission process are as follows:

1. Authors must expressly indicate interest in consideration by the 2. At the discretion of the JCF Editor

considered for acceptance to the conference will beauthors will be asked to pay a standard submission feereviewed. In these cases, author

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Call for Papers

FUPM Islamic Banking and Finance Research Conference

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 19-20, 2017

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals’ (KFUPM) College of Industrial Management and Center for Islamic Banking and Financeare pleased to announcethe 2017

Research Conference, to be held at the Ritz-Carleton Hotel, Riyadh,

The conference objective is to present the very best academic research on Islamic banking and before an audience of pre-eminent scholars and financial professionals.

will publish a Special Issueresulting from the conference.

Keynote Speaker: Mark Flannery(University of Florida)

Suwailem (Islamic Development Bank); Thorsten Beck (Cass Business SchoolM. ShahidEbrahim (Durham); Ben Esty (Harvard); Chitru Fernando (Oklahoma); VeljkoFotak

Ibrahim (INCEIF); Martin Kanz(World Bank); Mohamad Alzahrani Sheridan Titman (Texas); Usamah Uthaman (KFUPM), and Pradeep Yadav

and M. Kabir Hassan (New Orleans).

Hesham Merdad (Chairman ofthe department of Finance and Economics, Saudi Aramco Chair in Finance, KFUPM and Price Chair in Finance, University of Oklahoma

Director, Center of Research Excellence for Islamic Banking and Finance,

are in the process to arrange non-academic keynote delivered and the region. We also plan to invite one or more world

specializing in Islamic financial products and services to speak.

Electronic submissions of unpublished papers can be made beginning March 1, 2017://cim.kfupm.edu.sa/ibf2017/index.html. The deadline for submissions is

nd authors will be notified by August31, 2017. Papers submitted solely by PhD students We expect the selection process to be highly selective, since only

Travel and lodging expenses of the presenting author of each accepted paper will be

Combined Submission Option: At the authors’ option, papers that become ists for acceptance to the conference can be submitted for publication at the JCF

dual submission process are as follows:

Authors must expressly indicate interest in consideration by the JCF. Editors, papers that are among the final group of manuscripts

considered for acceptance to the conference will be invited to submit to the JCFauthors will be asked to pay a standard submission fee, and the submission will be

ases, authors will receive a copy of the JCF reviewer report(s).

Conference

’ (KFUPM) College of Industrial Management and Center 2017 Islamic Banking

,November 19-20, the very best academic research on Islamic banking and

conference.

Cass Business School); M. ShahidEbrahim (Durham); Ben Esty (Harvard); Chitru Fernando (Oklahoma); VeljkoFotak (SUNY Buffalo);

Mohamad Alzahrani (KFUPM); , and Pradeep Yadav

Chairman ofthe department of Finance and Economics, KFUPM), inance, University of Oklahoma),

for Islamic Banking and Finance, KFUPM).

academic keynote delivered by high-We also plan to invite one or more world-leading bankers

rs can be made beginning March 1, 2017 The deadline for submissions is

Papers submitted solely by PhD students ctive, since only 12

Travel and lodging expenses of the presenting author of each accepted paper will be

authors’ option, papers that become F. The rules for the

that are among the final group of manuscripts JCF. At that time

will be formally reviewer report(s).

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3. Papers submitted for dual consideration must not be under review at another journal or the JCF, nor can they be considered for dual submission if previously rejected by the JCF.

4. While under consideration as a dual submission by the 2017 KFUPM Islamic Banking and Finance Research Conference and the JCF, a paper may not be submitted to another journal (or the JCF) until the author has been notified of the dual submission outcome.

Best Paper Awards. The conference will award two Best Paper prizes: A Best Conference Paper Award (US$10,000) and a Best Doctoral Student Paper Award ($5,000).

Conference Rationale.In the practical arena of global capital markets, Islamic banking and finance (IBF) instruments, techniques, and principles have become widely integrated enough to now be considered almost mainstream. Business managers in both developed and emerging markets have developed methods for employing financing instruments that comply with IBF strictures against payment of interest and which are compatible with the musharka mandates that there be true risk and profit-sharing between “creditor” and “borrower.” Leasing structures compatible with Ijarah have been widely employed, and over three-quarters of a trillion dollars’ worth of Islamic-compatible Sukuk bonds have now been issued—over half within the past four years. Despite the maturation of Islamic banking and finance into a market with estimated turnover exceeding $2 trillion annually, top academic researchers have been slow to embrace IBF as a topic for empirical and theoretical analysis. This conference aims to overcome this academic neglect and invigorate top-tier IBF research.

Topics Solicited: We will solicit empirical or theoretical works covering all areas of Islamic Banking and Finance, including but not limited to the following:

Risk and return of Sukuk vs conventional bonds

Measuring the X-efficiency of Islamic banking systems.

Comparing Islamic finance leasing,Ijarah, to conventional leasing structures.

Islamic Law, Common Law and Finance

Valuation of Sukuk as contingent claims

Comparing IBF special purpose vehicles (SPV) to western securitization and SPV practices

Sukuk issuance and investment banking practices; Islamic finance practices vs conventional practices

Islamic Finance and corporate financial policies

Wealth effects for companies announcing adoption/abandonment of IF practices

Measuring and assessing secondary market liquidity, default rates, and callability of Sukuks

Comparing musharakapartnerships structures to western limited partnerships

Can IF insurance policies adequately cover corporate risks?

Commercial and legal underpinnings of Islamic Finance in home and western markets

How are corporate bankruptcies handled in Islamic finance systems?

Designing self-enforcing repayment clauses in Sukuks when courts cannot mandate repayment

Does Islamic Finance provide adequate entrepreneurial financing?

Can conventional hedging and risk-management tools and practices be made IF compliant?

Are Islamic financing contracts incentive compatible?

Determinants of Islamic Finance and the role of Oil

The role and impact of Sukuk issuances on the debt market