Call for papers - 5th EACB Award for Young Researchers on Co-operative Banks

15 Dec 2016

I. Introduction and admissions criteria

The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB), in collaboration with its Academic Think-Tank, is pleased to announce a competition for best papers in the field of co-operative banks. The competition is targeted at young researchers up to 35 years old (i.e. they should be born in 1981 or after). Co-authored papers will be accepted if all authors are up to 35 years of age.

II. Research Themes and selection process

Contributions will be accepted providing they are not already published in scientific journals or books by 15 December 2016. However, papers that have appeared in working paper series or that will be forthcoming in a publication after 15 December 2016 will be considered. The submitted papers should follow the standard format of scientific journals, and should contain new and original work by the authors. The word limit is around 10,000 words or less.

The papers should relate directly to co-operative banks. Papers that compare co-operative banks with other types of banking organisations (e.g. profit maximising banks, shareholders banks, savings banks, etc) are welcome. The papers should be written in English. The assessors will be looking for contributions primarily from the following academic fields: economics, finance and accounting, corporate governance, or management.