Announcement/Call for Papers
 
Financial Contracting: Theory and Evidence
 
 
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
 
 
 
University of Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
 
20-21 April 2007
 
 
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: 



- incentive theory in finance
- applications of incomplete contracts 
- closely held and family firms 
- entrepreneurial finance 
- venture capital contracting
- executive compensation 
- corporate control 
- bankruptcy
- loan contracting
- capital structure 
- the economics of contract law 



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.
 
 
 PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
 
Interested parties should submit their draft papers and any queries by email to:
 
 CONTACT:  Sabine Münch
  Department of Economics
 Universität Mannheim
 Email:  smuench1@rumms.uni-mannheim.de
 
The submission deadline is 1 December 2006. Contributors will be notified by 15 January 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
 PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
 
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:
 
 http://www.olin.wustl.edu/jfi
 
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.
 
 
 FUNDING:
 

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.