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Information, Contracts and Firms
June 12-13, 2025
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

The conference, hosted by the BAFFI CAREFIN Center at Bocconi University, brings together top academics to explore how information and contracts shape firms. The event features keynote speakers, panel discussions and paper sessions, offering attendees opportunities for networking, idea exchange and meaningful dialogue.

Call for Papers

The center and the Journal of Corporate Finance invite paper submissions for the conference. Some example topics for the Journal of Corporate Finance Special Issue (JCFSI) include:

  • Fraud and corruption
  • The structure of financing
  • Contracts and firm value
  • Contracting and incentives
  • The role of information and contracts for other key stakeholders (such as employees, customers, or suppliers)
  • The role of information intermediaries
  • How firms determine their disclosure policies, particularly in regard to forming contracts with other parties
  • The impact of big data on corporate contracts

The conference has two paper submission tracks:

  • The conference-track accepts paper submissions only for conference presentations
  • The dual-track accepts paper submissions for both conference presentation and consideration for the Journal of Corporate Finance Special Issue.

Submissions will open soon.
Submissions can made until November 18, 2024, at midnight CST

Submit Paper

  • Audra Boone, Texas Christian University and ECGI
  • Bruce Carlin, Rice University and NBER
  • Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago, CEPR, and NBER
  • Tony Cookson, University of Colorado
  • Jason Donaldson, University of Southern California and CEPR
  • Massimo Guidolin, Bocconi University
  • Alberto Manconi, Bocconi University and CEPR
  • Milena Petrova, Bocconi University and Syracuse University
  • Giorgia Piacentino, University of Southern California, CEPR, and NBER
  • Matt Ringgenberg, University of Utah
  • Merih Sevilir, ESMT Berlin and Halle Institute for Economic Research and ECGI
  • The JCF Editorial Team including Editors in Chief, Heitor Almeida and Kristine W. Hankins
  • Pat Akey, University of Toronto/INSEAD and ECGI
  • Nihat Aktas, WHU
  • Ian Appel, University of Virginia and ECGI
  • Tom Bates, Arizona State University
  • Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics, ECGI, and CEPR
  • Alice Bonaime, University of Arizona
  • Jonathan Cohn, University of Texas at Austin
  • Joan Farre-Mensa, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Eli Fich, Drexel University and ECGI
  • Nick Gantchev, Warwick University, ECGI, and CEPR
  • Stu Gillan, University of North Texas
  • Brett Green, Washington University St Louis
  • Jack He, University of Georgia
  • Davidson Heath, University of Utah
  • Rawley Heimer, Arizona State University
  • Christoph Herpfer, University of Virginia
  • Jerry Hoberg, University of Southern California
  • Sterling Huang, NYU Shanghai
  • Ryan Israelsen, Michigan State University
  • Jessica Jeffers, HEC Paris and CEPR
  • Sandy Klasa, University of Arizona
  • Naz Koont, Stanford University
  • Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern, and NBER
  • Jordan Nickerson, University of Washington
  • Adriano Rampini, Duke University, CEPR, and NBER
  • Jörg Rocholl, ESMT Berlin and CEPR
  • Farzad Saidi, University of Bonn and CEPR
  • Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University
  • Philip Valta, University of Bern
  • Victoria Vanasco, Centre de Recerca en Economia International and CEPR
  • Malcolm Wardlaw, University of Georgia
  • Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Mike Ewens, David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance, Columbia University
Information coming soon.
Information coming soon.