April 20, 2018, Drexel University

ORGNAIZED BY: The Center for Corporate Governance at the Drexel University LeBow College of Business

The Center for Corporate Governance is currently accepting papers for the 11th Annual Corporate Governance Conference taking place on APRIL 20, 2018 at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. The conference features theoretical and empirical research related to corporate governance with a slight preference to the conference honoree. Each year the conference honors a researcher with an award for outstanding contributions to research in corporate governance and invites them to present the keynote speech during the conference. Previous recipients were Michael Jensen, Rene Stulz, Andrei Shleifer, Steven Kaplan, Harold Demsetz, Kevin Murphy, Michael Weisbach, Jonathan Karpoff, Laura Starks, and Luigi Zingales.

THE 2018 HONOREE IS: David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation, New York University Stern School of Business

SUBMISSION FEE: The cost to submit a paper is $75 per paper. To submit a paper for consideration for this conference please register at the "sign up" link posted and upload your paper: https://www.lebow.drexel.edu/academics/departments/faculty/seminars/CALL-FOR-PAPERS-2018-Corporate-Governance-Conference

DEADLINE: The deadline for submission of papers is NOVEMBER 18, 2017.

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: To be eligible for submission, the paper must still be at a revisable stage (i.e. neither published nor so close to publication that significant changes are not feasible) by the date of the conference.

When uploading your paper please note, your paper MUST be saved with the following file name: All Authors' Last Names_Paper Title.pdf.

Submitting Author's name should be first and in all caps with the shortened title of the paper following after an underscore. (See example below)

WALKLING-Schlingemann-Stulz_Corporate Focusing and Internal Capital Markets.pdf.

If you would like to submit more than one paper please be sure to select the correct registration amount and send your additional papers to aa976@drexel.edu as our system will only allow for one paper to be uploaded. We expect to notify authors about acceptances by early February 2018.

You are welcome to register and attend the conference whether or not you submit a paper and whether or not your paper is accepted. Conference registration will be provided in a separate link and will be available in January 2018.

THE EXTERNAL REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE ARE:
- Renee Adams
- Jeffrey Coles
- Martin Cremers
- Diane Del Geurcio
- David Denis
- Diane Denis
- B. Espen Eckbo
- Laura Field
- Todd Gormley
- Jarrad Harford
- Dalida Kadyrzhanova
- Jon Karpoff
- Simi Kedia
- Kenneth Lehn
- Paul Malatesta
- Nadya Malenko
- John McConnell
- Todd Milbourn
- Sara Moeller
- Kevin Murphy
- Lalitha Naveen
- Micah Officer
- Gordon Phillips
- Annette Poulsen
- Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
- Frederik Schlingemann
- Anil Shivdasani
- Laura Starks
- Michael Weisbach
- Tracie Woidtke
- Yuhai Xuan
- Ke Yang
- David Yermack

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information, contact: Alyssa Abbott, Program Manager, Center for Corporate Governance, 215.895.2126, aa976@drexel.edu