Welcome! It is our great pleasure to invite you to the Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference 2027 (#ECFConference27)

The Accounting and Finance group at the University of Edinburgh Business School is delighted to host the eighth Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference. The conference will be at the highest quality level with 9 papers in 3 plenary sessions with discussants and 6 papers in 2 speedy presentation sessions without discussants over a day and one-half. The conference will be held at the Edinburgh Futures Institute in central Edinburgh on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 June 2027.

Keynote speaker

The keynote speech will be delivered by Ayako Yasuda, Professor and Maurice J. and Marcia G. Gallagher Chair in Finance at UC Davis.

Paper submissions

Papers submissions are open.

Submission instructions for authors

  1. Go to the conference ConfTool site
  2. Log in or create an account. If you already have a ConfTool account for this year’s conference because you participated in previous years, then log in. If not, click “No, I would like to register now” after “Do you already have a password?” to create a new account. Please use the email address you want us to contact you on.
  3. Pay the £90 submission fee. Once logged in, follow the payment link on your overview page. You can pay by card online.
  4. Submit your paper.

Deadline: 23:59 UK time (GMT) on Sunday 22 November 2026. Both payment and submission must be complete by then. Submissions without a paid fee will not be considered for review.

Submit a paper

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Email the Conference Administrator