Call for Papers
6th Annual RCF-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference
13-14 December 2025
Hybrid: in person at School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, and virtually
Scope of the Conference:
We are delighted to invite you to the 6th Annual RCF-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference. The conference will be hybrid, held at the School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, and virtually, on 13th and 14th December 2025. The conference is held in collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).
We invite the submission of original papers on all aspects of corporate finance and corporate governance.
Topics of interest include: capital structure, corporate and securities law, corporate culture, corporate failure, corporate finance and public policy, corporate governance, corporate restructuring, corporate social responsibility, crowdfunding, dividends, payout policy, and repurchases, entrepreneurial finance, family business, financial contracting, financial intermediation, financial literacy, fintech, fraud, innovation, IPOs and SEOs, mergers and acquisitions, misconduct, private debt, private equity, trade credit, socially responsible investments, sustainable finance, real options, and venture capital.
The conference offers an interdisciplinary forum to gain feedback on timely working papers from scholars in finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, international business, law, management and accounting disciplines.
Keynote Speaker: TBD
Location: in person at School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, and virtually (EST).
World-Wide Airport Connections: Worldwide airport connections: 25 min drive: Newark International Airport to Stevens Institute of Technology.
Conference Fees: In person: $400 in person (for conference dinner, lunches, and coffee breaks), $50 online option (for administrative / tech support)
Hotel Options: There are numerous reasonably priced hotel options in nearby neighborhoods. Hoboken is on the Hudson River across from Manhattan, connected by the PATH Subway.
Submission Instructions and Questions:
Submissions may be sent by email to Sofia Johan: [email protected] with the subject heading "RCF-ECGI 2025 Conference Submission"
Questions may be directed to committee members, including:
Suman Banerjee - [email protected]
Stefano Bonini - [email protected]
Douglas Cumming - [email protected]
Anand Goel - [email protected]
Sofia Johan - [email protected]
Ann Mooney Murphy - [email protected]
Submission Deadline:
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2025. We prefer a full paper but if necessary you may submit a shorter 10-page abstract if a completed paper will be ready one month prior to the conference.
Notification of Acceptance: on or before September 30, 2025.
Meet the Editors Panel:
Details Forthcoming
Review of Corporate Finance Award Announcement
The $1000 Award for the best paper published in the Review of Corporate Finance (RCF) (Volume 5 Issues 1-4, 2025) will be announced at the conference. Prior award winners for 2021-2024 are listed here.
Conference Awards:
$1000. There will be 2 best paper ($300 each) and 2 best discussant ($200 each) awards, consistent with the 5 prior Boca Conferences. The awards are generously sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies.
The prior versions of this conference were labelled the Boca-ECGI Conference. The 2025 event has been relabelled the RCF-ECGI Conference in celebration of RCF entering Scopus/Scimago, and as a top Q1 journal, in 2025. Of course, there is no obligation to submit to RCF by presenting at the conference. A short announcement about RCF annual best paper awards will be made at the conference. The acceptance rate at the past conferences has normally been around 25%. Details from the 2020 - 2024 Conference Programs:
2024: https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2024-boca-ecgi-conference?authuser=0
2023: https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2023-boca-ecgi-conference?authuser=0
2022: https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2022-boca-conference?authuser=0
2021: https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2021-boca-conference?authuser=0
2020: https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2020-boca-conference?authuser=0
The awards are generously sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies and the British Academy of Management Corporate Governance Special Interest Group.
We look forward to seeing you in Hoboken, NJ, USA on 13-14 December 2025!