SIFR Conference on "Institutions, Liquidity, and Asset Prices"

For the academic part of the conference, we invite authors to submit high-quality research papers in the areas of asset pricing, with an emphasis on the role of frictions, liquidity, and institutions in financial markets. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome. Topics may include but are not limited to: • The importance of short-sale constraints, capital requirements, and transaction costs for asset pricing. • The role of institutional ownership and trading on returns and pricing in financial markets. • The incorporation of frictions, liquidity, and trading behavior into contingent claims and derivatives pricing models. • Mutual fund returns and trading behavior.