-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [wkwi] Call for Papers: European Retail Investment Conference (ERIC) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:27:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Dennis.Kundisch@wiwi.uni-paderborn.de Reply-To: postmaster@idefix.buva.sowi.uni-bamberg.de To: undisclosed-recipients:;

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*Call for Papers* *The 1^st European Retail Investment Conference (ERIC)* *and Doctoral Consortium* *Stuttgart, Germany

February 23^rd -25^th , 2011*

The range of products available to retail investors and the total trading volume in retail investment products has grown dramatically. Banks and financial intermediaries offer investment products and services that are designed to provide retail investors with a greater choice of investment strategies and protect investors from losses. Presently, there is little research dealing with questions surrounding the development and distribution of retail investment products, consumer awareness and protection, or regulation. The availability, usage, and impact of technology to support investment decisions is also under-studied. The European Retail Investment Conference (ERIC) invites submissions that investigate retail products and services, the impact of technology on retail investors, investors’ decision-making, investor protection schemes, and market microstructure. *Topics*

The submission of both theoretical and empirical papers in the following fields is encouraged:

* Products * Technology * Investment Decisions

* Regulation and Private Banking * Market Microstructure

For further information please visit _http://www.retailinvestmentconference.org_ http://www.retailinvestmentconference.org/. Papers on topics not mentioned above will also be considered.

*Keynote Speaker* Professor Terrance Odean University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business *Organizational Details*

ERIC is sponsored by Boerse Stuttgart, Europe’s leading stock exchange organization for investment and leverage certificates, focusing on the needs of individual investors. The conference will be hosted at the stock exchange in Stuttgart’s city center. Stuttgart is located in the south of Germany and is easily reachable by air, rail, or road. The chairs of the conference are Professor Hans-Peter Burghof (University of Hohenheim), Dr. Ryan Riordan (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), and Professor Bruce Weber (London Business School). *Submission* ERIC will accept completed but unpublished research papers that have not been accepted for publication at the time of submission. The conference does not assume copyright for any work accepted for presentation. Submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed by the program committee. Accommodation and registration are free of charge for presenters. Submission deadline (main conference): November 8^th , 2010

Notification of authors (main conference): December 10^th , 2010 * Doctoral Consortium *

ERIC welcomes Ph.D. students to submit working papers or preliminary drafts of one of their Ph.D. essays to the doctoral consortium that will take place on February 23^rd , 2011 at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. Students are encouraged to submit their work to the main conference and the doctoral consortium. However, if a paper is accepted at both, preference will be given to the main conference. Ph.D. students accepted to the doctoral consortium are invited to stay for the main conference. Accommodation of Ph.D. students will be covered and registration is free of charge. Submission deadline (doctoral consortium): November 15^th , 2010

Notification of students (doctoral consortium): December 17^th , 2010 *Program Committee*

* Mark Cringle * Prof. Peter Gomber

· Prof. Jürgen Huber · Prof. Lutz Johanning · Prof. Christian Koziol · Christoph Lammersdorf · Prof. Dennis Kundisch · Prof. Jan Muntermann · Prof. Andreas Park · Prof. Dirk Schiereck · Prof. Hendrik Scholz · Prof. Erik Theissen · Prof. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg · Prof. Martin Weber · Prof. Christof Weinhardt · Prof. Marco Wilkens