Now available: Special Issue: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Financial Markets and the Real Economy
Introduction “COVID-19 and Its Impact on Financial Markets and the Real Economy” by Itay Goldstein, Ralph S. J. Koijen, and Holger M. Mueller
Editor’s Choice: “The Macroeconomics of Epidemics” by Martin S. Eichenbaum, Sergio Rebelo, and Mathias Trabandt
The entire issue is free access as part of OUP’s pledge to make COVID-19 content accessible.
RFS Editor Ralph Koijen is the recipient of the 20th edition of the Germán Bernácer Prize. The prize is awarded annually to “European economists no older than 40 years old who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of macroeconomics and finance.”
We’re happy to announce that the Associate Chair for SFS Cavalcade North America 2022 will be Jules van Binsbergen (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania). Professor van Binsbergen joins Chair Andrea Eisfeldt (UCLA) and Vice Chair Victoria Ivashina (Harvard Business School).
If you submitted a dual submission to RFS with the Texas Finance Festival 2021, you can expect to receive the dual submission decision in mid-October.
The Editor’s Choice paper for 34(10) is “Fintech Borrowers: Lax Screening or Cream-Skimming?” by Marco Di Maggio and Vincent Yao. You can read the paper free online.
The Call for Papers for the ECGI Corporations and COVID-19 conference is now available. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RCFS and RFS, will take place June 2, 2022. The RCFS sponsoring editor is Andrew Ellul and the RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Holger Mueller. The submission deadline is October 29, 2021. For more details, please see the ECGI website.
RFS Editor Manju Puri will be giving the keynote address at the conference on “Credit Risk over the Business Cycle,” jointly organized by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Center for Financial Frictions (FRIC), and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). The conference will be held virtually from September 27-28, 2021, with Professor Puri’s speech on September 28. For additional information, please visit the conference website.
The Call for Papers for the 2022 GSU-RFS FinTech Conference is now available. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RFS, will take place February 18-19, 2022. The RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Manju Puri. The submission deadline is October 25, 2021. For more details, please see the conference website.
An SFS Advisory Editor position is available for the next academic year; the start date is flexible. The position is a particularly good fit for finance/economics post-docs or late-stage PhD students. The primary task is to provide editorial support in the review process and requires about 10 hours per week with a minimum commitment for one year (or preferably for two years). The position allows working closely with the RFS/RAPS/RCFS editors and for ample time to continue work on one’s own research. Salary is competitive. The position will remain open until filled. To apply, please submit a cover letter, graduate course work, any working papers, and three letters of recommendation to Jan Sokolowsky.
The Call for Papers for the 2022 (Fourth) University of Oklahoma Energy and Climate Finance Research Conference is now available. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RFS, will take place April 22-23, 2022. The RFS sponsoring editor is Stefano Giglio. The submission deadline is November 30, 2021. For more details, please see the conference website.
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