First Annual Conference “Private Equity and Corporate Governance”,
October 24th and 25th, 2008

The ESSEC Private Equity Chair, with the support of the ESSEC Research Center, organizes its 1st annual conference, dedicated to the theme "Private Equity and Corporate Governance". The conference is an opportunity to present state-of-the-art international research on major issues regarding, and related to, Private Equity. See the call for papers.

Research papers in the following topics are especially encouraged:
1. Monitoring mechanisms and how they create value in Private Equity (PE)
2. Theory and empirics of going private vs. going public decision
3. Governance structures and contractual frameworks of PE funds
4. Leverage structures in private and public equity: pricing, structuring, and incentive effects
5. Addressing multi-sided conflicts of interest in PE

Viral Acharya (London Business School),
Ulf Axelson (Swedish Institute of Financial Research),
Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics),
Yael Hochberg (Northwestern University),
Steve Kaplan (University of Chicago, GSB),
Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim),
Ayako Yasuda (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania),
Sridhar Arcot (ESSEC Business School),
José-Miguel Gaspar (ESSEC Business School).

Submission of relevant theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research is encouraged.
To submit a paper, please click here.
The deadline for submission is June 1st, 2008.

The registration form will be available soon.