Call for Papers for the 2017 China International Risk Forum
The forthcoming China International Risk Forum (CIRF) will be held on December 16, 2017 at
the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China. The purpose of the forum is to promote
research on risk, uncertainty, risk management, and related finance topics in the Asia-Pacific
region, the Indian subcontinent and around the world. Potential research topics include but are
not limited to:
● Corporate risk management, governance and control
● (De)Leverage, risk management, and financial safety of financial institutions
● Pension risk, health risk and insurance
● Credit risk, interest risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk of banks and
other financial institutions
● Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion
● Systemic risk: measurement and management
● Catastrophic risk and its management
● Compliance to financial regulations
● Behavioral explanations of corporate risk taking/management
● Big data applications and predictive modeling in risk management
The deadline for submission of completed papers is August 31, 2017. Please submit your work
via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cirf2017. Please submit a pdf file without author
information. No submission and registration fees are required for the conference.
Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in the special issues of the
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (PBFJ) if so indicated in the conference submission email.
Journal submissions will be independent from submissions to the conference. The PBFJ editorial
team will be working closely with the CIRF program co-chairs on the review process. Papers
presented at the conference can also be considered by the China Finance Review International
(CFRI) hosted by the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University.
2017 CIRF President and Co-Chairs
Jin-Chuan Duan, National University of Singapore
Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (President)
Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati
Two Research Excellence Awards
● The China International Risk Forum Research Excellence Award (US$1,000)
● The Pacific Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award (US$1,000 – upon submission of
the awarded paper to the journal, submission fee will be waived)
Important Dates
Deadline for Conference Submission August 31, 2017
Notification of Conference Acceptance  September 30, 2017
Conference Dates  December 16, 2017
Subsequent Submission to PBFJ  January 1, 2018
Expected Journal Acceptance Deadline  October 31, 2018
Expected Publication Date  December 1, 2018
Guest Co-Editors of PBFJ Risk Management Issue
Jin-Chuan Duan, National University of Singapore
Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati
About CIRF
Formerly named as the Shanghai Risk Forum (SRF), CIRF has eight founding universities:
  East China Normal University
  Fudan University
  Renmin University of China
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
  Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
  Zhejiang University
CIRF’s mission is to promote academic research in risk, uncertainty, and risk
management. CIRF serves as a platform for participants to exchange research ideas and
to better understand the practice.
About PBFJ
The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is aimed at providing a specialized forum for
academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. The journal is included
in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The latest impact factor score released by
Thomson Reuters is 1.754 and the journal maintains a 5-year impact factor of 1.610.
Journal’s website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/pacific-basin-finance-journal
About CFRI
The China Finance Review International is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published
by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Emerald Group Publishing Limited, seeking to
publish highly original and high level theoretical papers on financial and economic issues
in China. The journal is listed in Scopus, ESCI, Cabell's Dictionary, and other major
indexing services.
Journal’s website: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/cfri.htm
Conference Venue
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai.
Conference Website
Visit http://www.acem.sjtu.edu.cn/acem/html/cirf2017/
Contact Email
cirf2017@acem.sjtu.edu.cn(Feel free to send us a note in case you have any issues with your
submission or you have any other questions)
Lodging Information
Will be provided at the forum website.
We look forward to seeing you at the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai!