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ECGC Workshop on Governance and Control
PhD Symposium Call For Papers

March 19-20, 2018, France

This fifth biennial workshop is dedicated to the memory of Stephen A. Ross.

The 5th ECGC Workshop on Governance and Control will take place at the University of Lille (France) on March 19-20, 2018.

The scientific committee will select six papers for presentation by PhD students on March 19. For selected Ph.D. students, registration fees, travel expenses, meals and two nights' accommodation will be funded by the organizers. The workshop will reward the best PhD student paper with the Fondation Credit Mutuel Nord Europe/La Francaise prize of 1,000 Euro.

The PhD workshop will be followed on March 20th by paper presentations given by F. Derrien (HEC), J. Harford (Washington), N. Malenko (Boston College), M. Officer (Loyola-Marymount) and members of the scientific committee.

TOPICS: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate restructuring
- Corporate governance
- Law and finance

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Submissions should contain two files in pdf format. (1) A cover page with paper title, abstract, key words and full author details; (2) A full text of the paper with title and abstract only on first page. Submissions should be sent to ecgc-workshop@univ-lille2.fr by September 15th, 2017. Acceptance notifications will be made by November 15th, 2017. More information will become available on http://ffbc.univ-lille2.fr/la-recherche/manifestations-scientifiques-et-deplacements

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: E. Eckbo (Dartmouth College) - D. Gromb (HEC) - R. Roll (Caltech) - H. Servaes (LBS) - K. Thorburn (NHH)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: M. Beguin, K. Bouaiss, D. Bourghelle, J.- G. Cousin, E. De Bodt, S. Dereeper, M. Dupire, P. Grandin, G. Imad'Eddine, J. Jarzebowski, F. Lobez, J. Maati, E. Severin, J.- C. Statnik

SPONSOR: Fondation Credit Mutuel Nord Europe/La Francaise

Posted: 8 May 2017