Citation
(2014), "Special issue on measuring risk and its applications", Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 13 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-02-2014-002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Special issue on measuring risk and its applications
Article Type: Call for papers From: Review of Accounting and Finance, Volume 13, Issue 1
Guest Editor: Joseph McCarthy, DBA, Bryant University, USA
The Review of Accounting and Finance (RAF) invites submissions for a special issue on measuring risk and its applications for accounting and finance. Advances in both theory and computing power have enabled enhanced study of both traditional and non-traditional measures of risk, as well as the applications thereof.
This special issue is specifically designed to encourage innovative applications for accounting and finance. The papers may address any substantive issues in accounting and finance including, but not limited to, the following:
Traditional measures of risk:
* Beta
* Standard deviation
* Spreads
Non-traditional measures of risk:
* Alpha (fat-tail distributions)
* Wavelets (risk variation by timescale)
Applications:
* VaR
* Asset Pricing
* Portfolio Management
* CDS
Submissions
All submissions should follow the Review of Accounting and Finance manuscript submission guidelines:
http://emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines. htm?id=raf and should not be under consideration by another journal. The original
manuscript should be submitted using ScholarOne Manuscripts: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/raf
For further information, contact:
Guest Editor
Joseph McCarthy
E-mail: mailto:mccarthy@bryant.edu
Deadline: All submissions must be completed by 1 October 2014
Expected date of publication: February 2015