"The nation that delivers the best young finance scholars raises the cup after a day of fierce battle"
Background
This is not yet another new finance conference...
...it is a CONTEST!
The 4nations cup will bring the most promising young scholars in financial economics together in one day of "mini seminars." The 40 minutes seminars are given by candidates from the four nations that are a short flight away from one another. Each nation nominates two lead candidates.
At the end of the day, the audience votes for the candidates and the nation with most points receives the cup.
2022 program
The 2022 cup will take place at the London School of Economics. It was originally scheduled for 2020 but was postponed due to the Corona virus.
The event will be hosted by Christopher Polk (LSE). The four nations that will be competing are: Finland, Italy, UK, and Spain.
The contestants selected for the tournament are:
Registration will open up a couple of weeks before the event.
Who
The candidates in the tournament are the most promising young (time since PhD<10 yrs) scholars in financial economics affiliated with universities domiciled in the participating nations. It is not required to be a citizen of the country that one represents.
The candidates are selected by a scientific committee whose members are affiliated with universities in the participating countries.
The participating schools will take turns in hosting the event.
When
Default is the second Friday in May of each year (only a default, though).
Contact
Please contact Albert Menkveld at albertjmenkveld@gmail.com for any further question you may have about the event.
Future
The event is modeled after the rugby 3/4 nations cup tournaments. The nature of the tournament is meant to be "inclusive." Therefore, the four nations participating in the cup change each year.
2019 program
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The 2019 cup took place on Friday May 10 in Paris. More specifically: HEC Paris, Paris, France. Open this location in Google Maps by clicking here.
The event was hosted by Guillaume Vuillemey (HEC Paris) and Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris). The four nations that competed for the cup were: France, Holland, the UK, and Switzerland.
The program was:
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The 2018 cup took place on Friday May 18 in Berlin. More specifically: ESMT, Berlin, Germany. Open this location in Google Maps by clicking here.
The event was hosted by Jörg Rocholl (ESMT). The four nations that competed for the cup were: France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK.
The program was:
The 2017 cup took place on Friday May 12 in Lisbon, hosted by Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
The event was hosted by Miguel Ferreira (Nova) and Pedro Santa Clara (Nova). The four nations competing for the cup were: Portugal, UK, Spain, and Switzerland.
The program was:
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The 2016 cup took place on Friday, April 29, at CBS in Copenhagen The event was co-hosted by David Lando (Copenhagen Business School) and Claus Munk (Copenhagen Business School).
The program was:
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The 2015 cup took place on Friday, May 8, at EIEF in Rome The event was co-hosted by Luigi Guiso (Einaudi) and Marco Pagano (U of Napels).
The program was:
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The 2014 cup took place on Friday, May 2, at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The event was co-hosted by Erwan Morellec and (EPFL) and Jean-Charles Rochet (U of Zürich).
The program was:
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The 2013 cup took place on Friday, May 3, at the London Business School (LBS). The event was co-hosted by Francesca Cornelli (LBS) and Christopher Polk (LSE).
The program was:
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The 2012 cup took place on Friday, May 11, at the Duisenberg school of finance in Amsterdam (15 minutes from the airport). The program was: