CONFERENCE ON THE FRONTIERS OF INVESTMENT

PROVISIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS: The Center will provide for travel expenses and hotel accommodations for academics presenting or discussing papers. CALL FOR PAPERS The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania CONFERENCE ON "THE FRONTIERS OF INVESTMENT" December 1, 2006 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research invites academics to present their current research on topical areas in Investments and in Asset Pricing and Applications during a one-day conference to be held at The Wharton School on December 1, 2006. The participants will include academics and practitioners with special expertise in these areas. The majority of the papers will include empirical work. The format of the conference will involve the presentation of four papers with discussants for each paper. Attendance is by invitation. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: The organizing committee consists of Marshall Blume, Donald Keim and Krishna Ramaswamy, all from the Finance Department of The Wharton School. CONFERENCE LOCATION: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 PROVISIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS: The Center will provide for travel expenses and hotel accommodations for academics presenting or discussing papers. PAPER SUBMISSION PROCESS: Those interested in presenting a paper are invited to send an electronic copy of their paper, in PDF format, to the conference administrator by August 18, 2006. CONTACT: Elaine M. Thomas, Conference Administrator Email: MAILTO:emthomas@wharton.upenn.edu Tel: 215-898-7616 Fax: 215-573-8084