2019 WFA Meeting / Conference
June 16-19, 2019
Hyatt Regency,
Huntington Beach, CA
Code of Conduct
The WFA is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and productive setting for scientific exchange among all participants at the Annual Conference.
Please See: WFA Code of Conduct Policy
Best Paper Awards
Charles River Associates Award of $5,000 for the best paper on corporate finance.
Elsevier Sponsored Award of $5,000 for the best paper on financial institutions.
NASDAQ Award of $5,000 for the best paper on asset pricing.
Two Sigma Award of $5,000 for the best paper on investment management.
USC Marshall School of Business Trefftzs Award of $5,000 for the best student paper.
Wharton School – WRDS Award of $5,000 for the best empirical finance paper.
Conference registration best to register before May 22
Hotel and Site Information Huntington Beach, CA
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
21500 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Reservations
- Link to Reservations
- Hotel Reservations Policy:
- Reservations must be made by 5:00 pm PST May 17, 2019.
- All reservations request will require a credit card and a deposit for (1) room night. Reservations must be canceled by May 17, 2019, in order to avoid the charge of one night’s stay.
- The daily resort fee of $30/day has been waived. This is noted on the first page of the hotel’s page but the fee shows up on the second page. But, daily resort fee of $30/day has been waived and it will not be charged to you in June.
- Conference Rates:
- Single Occupancy – $279/night
- Double Occupancy – $279/night
- Triple Occupancy – $304/night
- Quadruple Occupancy – $329/night
- Suites – $429 – $704/night
Transportation
- Hyatt Huntington Beach has (at least) three airports to choose from:
- Orange County Airport/SNA (approximately 13 miles)
- Long Beach Airport/LGB (approximately 17 miles)
- Los Angeles International Airport/LAX (approximately 38 miles)
About
- Area attractions
- By a ruling of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, released on May 12, 2006, awarded the trademark registrations to the Bureau of Huntington Beach for the name “Surf City, USA.” (with some counter-suits to follow from Santa Cruz vendors) [Wikipedia]
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Sponsors Thanks to our sponsors
The WFA gratefully acknowledges the 2019 sponsors of receptions, lunches, coffee breaks, best paper awards, and Phd travel grants.
Thanks to:
BlackRock
Cambridge University Press
Charles River Associates
Cornerstone Research
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC
Elsevier
NASDAQ
Research Affiliates LLC
Two Sigma
The USC Marshall School of Business
Wharton Research Data Services