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Attached and below please find a Call for Papers. Please circulate to anybody you think might be interested. Thank you. Best wishes, Franklin Call for Papers Alternative Views of Corporate Governance Conference sponsored by ETH Zurich, the European Corporate Governance Training Network, the Review of Finance, and the Wharton Financial Institutions Center March 10, 2006 Zurich, Switzerland The Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance is concerned with ensuring that the firm is run in the interests of the shareholders. The tools for ensuring this include internal governance mechanisms like the board of directors, and employee compensation and external mechanisms like the market for corporate control, monitoring by financial institutions, and competition in product and input markets. Although it has become academic orthodoxy, this is just one view of corporate governance. Many jurisdictions insure that workers as well as shareholders are represented in the governance process, either through co-determination (as in Germany) or through other formal or informal mechanisms (as in France, Sweden or Japan). Other views of corporate governance are reflected in diverging degrees of State intervention, either in the form of mandatory provisions or through corporate governance involvement in public utilities and other firms. More generally, non-listed firms and smaller firms often provide examples of different approaches to corporate governance, arguably to respond to the specific needs of venture capitalists, families or start-ups. Different models may be suited to different industries or different historical phases. The purpose of this conference is to consider such alternative views and aspects of corporate governance. Empirical or theoretical submissions in financial economics, or law, on alternative models of corporate governance, comparative studies or anything related to corporate governance are welcome. They should be submitted to Franklin Allen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by October 1, 2005. The authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 1, 2005. The expenses of presenting authors will be covered from conference funds. There will also be a special issue of the Review of Finance edited by Franklin Allen, Colin Mayer, Marco Pagano, and Josef Zechner. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like your paper to be considered for the Special Issue. There will be a standard refereeing process for the journal that will be separate from the conference screening process and normal quality standards will be applied. Conference Committee Franklin Allen, Marco Becht, Gerard Hertig, Colin Mayer, Marco Pagano, Katharina Pistor, Josef Zechner
