The Editor’s Choice article for 30(8) is “Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates” by Aleksandar Andonov, Rob M.M.J. Bauer, and K.J. Martijn Cremers. You can read the article free online.
Part-time Advisory Editor Position
A part-time RFS advisory editor position is available for the next academic year. The position will begin on September 1 (or sooner if preferred). Job responsibilities include recommending referees and ensuring that all submission guidelines are met. For more information, see Part-time RFS Advisory Editor Position.
New Editor Appointment
RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Cohen as an Editor of the Review, beginning July 17, 2017. Lauren is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously served as an Associate Editor for the Review from 2009-2012. Please join us in welcoming Lauren to his new role.
Photos from Cavalcade North America
RFS Editorial Team Wei Jiang, David Denis, Itay Goldstein, Andrew Karolyi, and Philip Strahan
Winners of the Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award Gonzalo Maturana and John Griffin
Winners of the Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up Award Antoinette Schoar, Felipe Severino, and Manuel Adelino
Distinguished Referee Award Winner Michelle Lowry
Rising Scholar Award Winner Erik Gilje with RFS Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi
Virtual Issue: Culture and Economics
Oxford University Press’s new virtual issue on culture and economics features two RFS papers:
Nationalism and Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations by Raymond Fisman, Yasushi Hamao, and Yongxiang Wang
What’s in a Name? Mutual Fund Flows When Managers Have Foreign-Sounding Names by Alok Kumar, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, and Oliver G. Spalt
The virtual issue is free to read online until the end of July on Oxford’s web site.
Editor’s Choice 30(7)
The Editor’s Choice article for 30(7) is “Equity Vesting and Investment” by Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang, and Katharina A. Lewellen. You can read the article free online.
2016 Impact Factor
The 2016 Impact Factors have been released and we are pleased to report that RFS’s Impact Factor increased to 3.689.
Submission Period for SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2017 is Now Open!
The SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2017 submission period is now open. To submit, please visit Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2017. The deadline for submissions is July 20, 2017. Click here to view the Call for Papers.
Dual Submission: The Cavalcade features dual submission with The Review of Asset Pricing Studies and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies.
Reminder for doctoral students: For papers in which ALL co-authors are doctoral students, the submission fee is waived.
Bid to Host SFS Cavalcade North America 2019
The bidding period to host SFS Cavalcade North America 2019 will begin July 1, 2017. Bids must be received by October 1, 2017. For details, please see the Invitation to Bid and visit SFS Cavalcade North America 2019.
Winners of the RFS Awards
The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America. We are pleased to now share the winners:
Distinguished Referee Award
Michelle Lowry, Philipp Schnabl, Clemens Sialm
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award
“Who Facilitated Misreporting in Securitized Loans?”
John M. Griffin and Gonzalo Maturana
Prize: $20,000
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up
“Loan Originations and Defaults in the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Middle Class”
Manuel Adelino, Antoinette Schoar, and Felipe Severino
Prize: $5000
Referee of the Year
Thierry Foucault
Prize: $1000
Rising Scholar Award
“Do Firms Engage in Risk Shifting?”
Erik Gilje
Prize: $5000
Congratulations to all our award winners!
For past award history, please visit our Awards page.
