A conference organized by the University
of Mannheim, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the
European Corporate Governance Institute, the German National
Science Foundation, and the Center for Financial Studies
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The conference aims at bringing together researchers
from theory and empirics in the area of applied contract theory
in finance. Topics for the conference include but are not
limited to:
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incentive theory in finance |
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applications of incomplete contracts |
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closely held and family firms |
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entrepreneurial finance |
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venture capital contracting |
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executive compensation |
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corporate control |
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bankruptcy |
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loan contracting |
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capital structure |
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the economics of contract law |
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| Ideally, the conference will provide
a forum to tie together financial contract theory and empirical
work in applied finance, by probing theory with data and using
theory to understand data.
The field of applied contract theory is of great interest
to the Journal of Financial Intermediation, and the journal
will devote a special issue to the conference, subject to
its usual strict refereeing standards. Per Strömberg
and Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden will be the editors of the
special issue. |
Patrick Bolton (Columbia University,
ECGI, and JFI)
Mike Burkart (Stockholm School of Economics)
Jan-Pieter Krahnen (Center for Financial Studies and Universität
Frankfurt)
Christian Laux (Center for Financial Studies and Universität
Frankfurt)
Ernst Maug (Universität Mannheim)
Manju Puri (Duke University and JFI)
Per Strömberg (Stockholm School of Economics and JFI)
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden (Universität Mannheim, ECGI,
and JFI)
Paolo Volpin (London Business School) |
| Submissions to the
Journal of Financial Intermediation |
| A special issue of the Journal
of Financial Intermediation will be devoted to the conference.
Papers can be submitted to the conference without being considered
for the JFI. Along with your submission, please indicate whether
you would like the paper to be considered for publication
in the JFI. If you choose to submit to the JFI, please use
the journal’s electronic
submission website for further details.
A paper's acceptance to the conference does not imply publication
in the JFI. All papers published in the journal must pass
the journal's regular refereeing process.
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| Full funding for paper presenters and discussants
will be provided by the European Corporate Governance Training
Network, through the European Corporate Governance Institute,
and by the German National Science Foundation, through the
Special Research Unit 504 at Mannheim University. |
