Vienna Festival of Finance Theory

The Vienna Festival of Finance Theory (VFFT) is a conference series that is jointly organized by Josef Zechner (WU Vienna), Adam Zawadowski (CEU Vienna), Paul Voss (HEC Paris) and Markus Parlasca (WU Vienna). The goal of the conference is to bring together leading researchers in the fields of corporate finance theory and financial intermediation theory. The conference program consists of 8-10 papers and allows for in-depth presentations and discussions.

The VFFT 2025 will take place from the 24th until the 26th of August 2025 in Vienna on the campus of the Central European University. Click here for the call for papers (Call for Papers)

2025 Program

Past conferences:

2024: Program

2023: Program

2022: Program

Program Committee:

Mike Burkart (London School of Economics)
Pierre Chaigneau (Smith School of Business, Queen’s University)
Andras Danis (Central European University)
Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics)
Jason Donaldson (Marshall School of Business, USC)
Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics)
Bart Lambrecht (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)
Christian Laux (WU Vienna)
Doron Levit (Foster School of Business, University of Washington)
Gyöngyi Loranth (University of Vienna)
Frederic Malherbe (University College London)
Andrey Malenko (Carroll School of Management, Boston College)
Nadya Malenko (Carroll School of Management, Boston College)
Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim)
Erwan Morellec (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Jacques Olivier (HEC Paris)
Marco Pagano (Naples Federico II and EIEF)
Markus Parlasca (WU Vienna)
Martin Schmalz (Said Business School, University of Oxford)
Joel Shapiro (Said Business School, University of Oxford)
Günter Strobl (University of Vienna)
Paul Voss (HEC Paris)
Ansgar Walther (Imperial College London)
Lucy White (Questrom School of Business, Boston University)
Adam Zawadowski (Central European University)
Josef Zechner (WU Vienna)