18th Annual Corporate Governance Academic Conference at Drexel University

Call for Papers

Submit your paper here!

In collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Society for Financial Studies (SFS), the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University invites papers in any area related to corporate governance, which includes topics related to the board of directors, compensation, ownership structure, shareholder activism, mergers, private equity, capital structure as a form of governance, ESG-related issues, corporate governance regulation, talent management, political economy of corporate governance, etc. This year's conference offers an optional dual submission to the Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS). Submission deadline: Monday, December 30, 2024 (11:59pm)

Conference Date: Friday, April 11, 2025.

Location: Drexel University

Submission instructions:

• To submit your paper, use the link: https://www.lebow.drexel.edu/event/2024/10/02/raj-kamla-gupta-governance-institute-drexel-university-2025-academic-conference
• There is a non-refundable submission fee of $95 per paper [the submission fee is waived for papers entirely by current PhD students].
• After the payment of the submission fee, you will receive by email a link to a webpage where you can submit your paper and select the dual submission option.
• The submitting author will be informed of the conference decision and invitation for dual submission [if selected] by the end of February 2025.
• If you need assistance, please email at ggi-conference@drexel.edu

Program Committee: 

David Becher (Drexel University); Jay Cai (Drexel University); Jeffrey Coles (University of Utah); Naveen Daniel (Drexel University); Diane Del Guercio (University of Oregon); David Denis (University of Pittsburgh); Daniel Dorn (Drexel University); Eli Fich (Drexel University); Laura Field (University of Delaware); Nick Gantchev (University of Warwick); Todd Gormley (Washington University in St Louis); Tom Griffin (Villanova University); Jarrad Harford (University of Washington); Peter Iliev (Pennsylvania State University); Wei Jiang (Emory University); Dalida Kadyrzhanova (Federal Reserve Board); Joseph Kalmenovitz (University of Rochester); Jonathan Karpoff (University of Washington); Tanja Kirmse (Miami University); Michelle Lowry (Drexel University); Nadya Malenko (Boston College); Lalitha Naveen (Temple University); Ed Nelling (Drexel University); Greg Nini (Drexel University); Micah Officer (Loyola Marymount University); Gordon Phillips (Dartmouth College); Anh Tran (City, University of  London); Paolo Volpin (Drexel University); Michael S. Weisbach (Ohio State University); Jared Wilson (Indiana University); Tracie Woidtke (University of Tennessee); Yuhai Xuan (University of California, Irvine); Ke Yang (Lehigh University); David Yermack (New York University).