• Incentives for risk taking in firms and financial institutions
• Impacts of markets on managerial behavior
• Power structure within the firm
• Executive compensation and contract
• Governing through bankruptcy and restructuring
• Stakeholders in governance — labor, suppliers, lenders, customers
• Corporate democracy and dictatorship
• Effectiveness of boards
• Corporate control

Each paper will be presented by the author and discussed by an assigned discussant. Active audience participation has been the norm at past symposiums and is encouraged again this year. To continue our tradition of interaction among participants, attendance is limited. Therefore, all invited participants are expected to stay during the entire conference, which begins with a reception on Thursday evening, May 20, and ends with lunch, Saturday, May 22, 2010.

Three awards will be given out in 2010:  Best Paper ($5000) and two awards for Best Discussant ($2500 each). Awards are based on anonymous votes of the participants at the end of the final session.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Authors should electronically submit papers (MS Word or PDF format) by January 15, 2010.  Each paper should contain an abstract and provide the author(s) full affiliation(s) and contact information. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by mid- to late March, 2010. Travel and accommodations will be paid for speakers and discussants.

To submit a paper, visit: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Mitsui/symposium.html. Questions can be addressed to: buchanan@umich.edu

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: E. Han Kim (Chair), Kenneth Ahern, Ing-Haw Cheng, Amy Dittmar, Ran Duchin, Erica Li, and Denis Sosyura.