A new installment of Andrew Karolyi’s Executive Editor blog is now available. This month’s feature, “Trust, But Verify…in Venture Capital,” examines “The Importance of Trust for Investment: Evidence from Venture Capital” by Laura Bottazzi, Marco Da Rin, and Thomas Hellmann. Visit the RFS Executive Editor Blog to read the post.
New Editor Appointment
The RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Wei Jiang as an editor of the Review, beginning January 1, 2017. Wei is Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise as well as Vice Dean for Curriculum and Instruction at Columbia Business School. She previously served as an Associate Editor for the Review as well as the SFS Cavalcade Conference Chair in 2015. Please join us in welcoming Wei to her new role.
Robin Greenwood in Reuters
RFS Editor Robin Greenwood’s paper is featured in Reuters in a piece titled, “Fed should keep trillions in bonds to provide stability: paper.” Read the article online here.
RFS Article Featured in Forbes
A paper published in RFS issue 29(3), “The Fetal Origins Hypothesis in Finance: Prenatal Environment, the Gender Gap, and Investor Behavior,” by Henrik Cronqvist, Alessandro Previtero, Stephan Siegel, and Roderick E. White, was featured in Forbes in a piece titled, “Stunning Discovery: Prebirth Experiences May Influence Our Financial Decisions.” Read the article online here.
Itay Goldstein in the Financial Times
RFS Editor Itay Goldstein is quoted in the Financial Times in a piece titled, “US banks to dish out $96bn after 31 pass stress tests.” Read the article online here.
Photos from Cavalcade 2016
The RFS Team with Award Winner Amiyatosh Purnanandam
The RFS Team with Award Winners Hyunseob Kim and Wei Jiang
The RFS Team with Award Winner Justin Murfin
The RFS Team with Award Winner Pat Akey
The RFS Team
More photos from Cavalcade 2016 are now available online here!
Executive Editor Blog: Ownership and Corporate Financial Policy: Separating Causation from Correlation
A new installment of Andrew Karolyi’s Executive Editor blog is now available. This month’s feature, “Ownership and Corporate Financial Policy: Separating Causation from Correlation,” examines “The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Payout Policy: Evidence from Index Thresholds” by Alan Crane, James Weston, and Sébastien Michenaud. Visit the RFS Executive Editor Blog to read the post.
Editor’s Choice: July
The Editor’s Choice article for July 2016 (issue 29/7) is “Loan Originations and Defaults in the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Middle Classs” by Manuel Adelino, Antoinette Schoar, and Felipe Severino. You can read the article free online here.
Winners of the RFS Awards
The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners:
Distinguished Referee Award
Kenneth Ahern, Ing-Haw Cheng, Ran Duchin, Charles Hadlock, Victoria Ivashina, Justin Murfin, Alexi Savov, and Denis Sosyura
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award
“The Real Effects of Hedge Fund Activism: Productivity, Asset Allocation, and Labor Outcomes”
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Hyunseob Kim
Prize: $20,000
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up
“Shadow Banking and Bank Capital Regulation”
Guillaume Plantin
Prize: $5000
Referee of the Year
Amiyatosh Purnanandam
Prize: $1000
Rising Scholar Award
“Valuing Changes in Political Networks: Evidence from Campaign Contributions to Close Congressional Elections”
Pat Akey
Prize: $5000
Congratulations to all our award winners!
For past award history, please visit our Awards page.
Editor Renewals
David Denis and Itay Goldstein have been appointed to second terms as RFS editors.
