Behavioural Finance Working Group
19th International Behavioural Finance Conference
30–31 October 2025 – University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Gleacher Center
Overview
The 19th International Behavioural Finance Conference is a two-day international meeting organised by the BFWG. The conference examines a wide range of behavioural finance topics within financial decision making, investments, financial markets, corporate finance, fund management, banking, asset pricing, forecasting, experimental finance and sociology of finance. Previous conferences have featured such sessions as:
- Banking and Regulation
- Behavioural Asset Pricing
- Behavioural Corporate Finance
- Biases and Heuristics
- Pandemics
- Cryptocurrencies
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Behaviour
- Financial Markets
- Investment Decisions
- Managerial Biases
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Political Environment
- Retail Investors
- Sentiment
- Climate Finance
- CSR and ESG
Conference Venue
The Gleacher Center is the downtown Chicago campus for the University of Chicago Booth, School of Business, and is conveniently located in the heart of Chicago’s vibrant business district just off the Magnificent Mile.
Organisers
Professor Arman Eshraghi, Cardiff University, UK.
Professor Gulnur Muradoglu, University of Illinois, US.
Keynote Speakers
We are delighted to have two keynote speakers at the conference: Professor Pietro Veronesi (University of Chicago, NBER, CEPR), Sherman and Vivian Chao Distinguished Professor of Finance, Former Editor, Review of Financial Studies, and Former Director, American Finance Association; and Professor Werner De Bondt (DePaul University), Professor of Financial Economics Emeritus, Founding Director, Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance, Former Editor, Journal of Behavioral Finance, and known as one of the ‘fathers of modern behavioural finance’.
Professor Werner De Bondt
DePaul University, Professor of Financial Economics Emeritus
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025
We invite you to submit your research in all areas related to behavioural finance/economics (openly interpreted) to the 19th International Behavioural Finance Conference held on October 30-31, 2025 in Chicago.
To make a submission, simply email your paper as a PDF to info@behaviouralfinance.org
Registration
Opens: 30 July 2025
Early Bird registration: US$ 375 to midnight (GMT) 30 September 2025
Standard registration: US$ 450
Registration includes attendance at all conference sessions during the two days, printed conference material, refreshments, lunches, and the gala dinner.
Affiliated Journals
Accepted papers may be invited by editors for regular submission to:
International Review of Financial Analysis
International Review of Economics and Finance
Qualitative Research in Financial Markets
Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
Further information about the submission process will be shared during the conference.
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