CALL FOR PROPOSALS
31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
ASSOCIATION FOR BUDGETING &
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PERIOD HAS CLOSED!
The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management invites you to submit a paper or panel proposal for its annual research conference. This year’s conference will be held September 26-28 in Washington, DC. Though papers have traditionally focused on U.S. state and local government budgeting and financial management, we welcome papers on federal budgeting as well as papers with an international or comparative perspective. This year, there will be a special multiple-session track on public budgeting and financial management in Asia jointly hosted by the China-America Association for Public Affairs and Chinese Public Administration Review (CPAR). We also encourage both academics and practitioners to submit proposals. Below is a list of selected topics on which papers and panels have focused in recent conferences.
Please submit all paper and panel proposals by May 1, 2019, using one of the links above. Proposals will be reviewed and competitively selected. Please submit questions to the conference committee at abfmconference2019@gmail.com. Please send inquiries regarding the special international session track to Elaine Yi Lu, Professor & Director, City University of New York-John Jay College (ylu@jjay.cuny.edu) and Gang Chen, Assistant Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York (gchen3@albany.edu).
We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC!
Selected Conference Topics:
| Tax Policy & Administration | Municipal Securities |
|---|---|
| Budgetary Theory | Performance Budgeting |
| Politics of Budgetary Process | Budgeting for National Security |
| Transportation Finance | Debt Financing & Management |
| Budgeting & Economic Development | Education Finance |
| International & Comparative Budgeting | Accounting & Financial Reporting |
| History of Budgeting | Revenue Diversification |
| Citizen Participation in Budgeting | Not-for-Profit Finance & Financial Management |
| Budget Reform | Budget Rules & Institutions |
| Current Trends in Public Finance | Financial Management |
| Public Pensions | Capital Planning & Management |
| Healthcare Liabilities | Financing Urban Growth |
| Forecasting | Public-Private Partnerships |
| Investment Management | Intergovernmental Finance/Fiscal Federalism |