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 2026 will take place from the 23rd until the 25th of August 2026 in Vienna on the campus of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. Click here for the call for papers:

2026 Call for Papers

Past conferences:

2025: Program

2024: Program

2023: Program

2022: Program

Program Committee:

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)
Felix Zhiyu Feng (Terry College of Business, University of Georgia)
Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics)
Florian Heider (Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University)
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)
Nadya Malenko (Carroll School of Management, Boston College)
Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim)
Erwan Morellec (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Jacques Olivier (HEC Paris)
Markus Parlasca (Leibniz Institute SAFE, WU Vienna)
Joel Shapiro (Said Business School, University of Oxford)
Günter Strobl (University of Vienna)
Paul Voss (HEC Paris)
Adam Zawadowski (Central European University)
Josef Zechner (WU Vienna)