The 4th International Symposium on Energy and Finance Issues (ISEFI-2016), jointly organized by the IPAG Energy Economics Center (IPAG Business School) and the Centre of Geopolitics of Energy and Raw Materials (Paris Dauphine University), will take place on 24-25 March 2016 in Paris, France. It aims to provide academics, policymakers, and practitioners with a valuable forum for discussion and critical analysis of the major issues and challenges that interrelate energy and financial markets. The general theme of the 2016 Symposium is “Energy Price Fluctuations in an Uncertain Global Economy”.

The conference organizers would like to invite the submission of both theoretical and empirical papers (in PDF files) relating to all aspects of energy markets and their interactions with financial markets. We welcome submissions in the following, but not limited to, topics: 

• Corporate finance analysis for energy companies
• Econometrics of energy markets
• Energy and climate models
• Energy derivatives: pricing and hedging
• Energy and financial market interactions
• Energy issues in developing and emerging markets
• Energy prices: modeling and forecasting
• Energy risks: assessment and modeling
• Financial and economic analysis of energy markets
• Financial regulation of energy and environmental markets
• Finance and investment in renewable energy
• Oil and shale gas
• Speculation and energy prices