21st Annual Olin Finance Conference at WashU
October 16-17, 2025
Sponsored by:
The Wells Fargo Advisors Center for Finance and Accounting Research
Following the successes of the previous twenty conferences, Olin Business School at Washington University and its Wells Fargo Advisors Center for Finance and Accounting Research (WFA-CFAR) will be hosting the 21st Annual Olin Finance Conference at WashU on October 16-17, 2025, at the Washington University in St. Louis campus.
Like last year, we will be hosting a general finance conference. The topics of interest for the conference are broad, including asset pricing and financial markets, financial institutions and services, corporate finance and governance, behavioral finance, and household finance. Empirical and theoretical papers on these, as well as related topics, are most welcome.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
To have your paper considered for the conference, please submit the paper in PDF format electronically by 11:59 PM CT, July 13, 2025, to the website: https://event.olin.wustl.edu/washu-finance-conference-2025/register.
There is a $110 submission fee for each manuscript. Questions regarding the submission process should be directed to Kristen Jones, kristen.jones@wustl.edu. Those submitting papers will be informed of the organizing committee's decision in August. All conference participants will be responsible for their own expenses. We look forward to an exciting conference and hope you will submit your paper for consideration.