Corporate Finance and Family Firms Special Issue (Published in 2022)
Conference Announcement, October 15, 2021
Conference Program for October 15, 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
Review of Corporate Finance
Special theme on: Finance and Family Business
Special Theme Handling Editor: Zhenyu Wu, University of Manitoba, Canada
Submission Deadline for Research Proposals: July 15, 2021
Overview:
Finance topics related to family firms have attracted more and more attention in the past two decades. Typical examples include, but are not limited to, Anderson, Mansi and Reeb, 2003, Anderson and Reeb (2003), Anderson, Reeb, and Zhao (2012), Bunkanwanicha, Fan, and Wiwattanakantang (2013), Franks, Mayer, Volpin, and Wagner (2012), and Villalonga and Amit (2006). The main goal of this special theme is to encourage interdisciplinary studies that deepen our knowledge of finance in family firms. We seek theoretical and empirical papers that shed light on new knowledge to enrich the literature on financial topics of interest listed below related to family business.
Paper Submission Procedure:
Papers to be considered for the RCF special theme on Finance and Family Business will be submitted to Zhenyu Wu at zhenyu.wu@umanitoba.ca by July 15, 2021. All submissions should be original, unpublished papers that are not concurrently under review for publication elsewhere, and they are subject to the standard review process of RCF. Final decisions are expected to be made by December 2021.
If travel restrictions caused by COVID-19 are relaxed, a workshop will be organized on October 15, 2021 at the University of Manitoba, Canada, in order to help further improve papers that are invited for revise-and-resubmit. Otherwise, it will be organized as a virtual conference. Please note that attending this workshop is not required for papers to be considered for this special issue.
References:
Anderson, R.C., S.A. Mansi, & D.M. Reeb. 2003. Founding family ownership and the agency cost of debt. Journal of Financial Economics 68(2), 263-285.
Anderson, R.C., & D.M. Reeb. 2003. Founding-Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500. Journal of Finance 58(3), 1301-1328.
Anderson, R.C., D.M. Reeb, & W. Zhao. 2012. Family controlled firms and informed trading: Evidence from short sales, Journal of Finance 67(1), 351-385.
Bunkanwanicha, P., J.P.H. Fan, & Y. Wiwattanakantang. 2013. The value of marriage to family firms. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 48(2), 611-636.
Franks, Julian; Mayer, Colin; Volpin, Paolo; Wagner, Hannes F. 2012. The Life Cycle of Family Ownership: International Evidence. Review of Financial Studies 25(6), 1675-1712.
Villalonga, B., & R. Amit. 2006. How do family ownership, control and management affect firm value? Journal of Financial Economics 80(2), 385-417.
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