The 18th Annual Texas Finance Festival will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Itay Goldstein. The deadline for paper submission is January 15, 2016. The conference will take place April 28-30, 2016. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
New Editor Appointment
The RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Stijn van Nieuwerburgh as an editor of the Review, beginning January 1, 2016. Stijn is Professor of Finance, Yamaichi Faculty Fellow, and Director of the Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research at the Stern School of Business at NYU. Please join us in welcoming Stijn to his new role.
Upcoming Editor Change
The RFS would like to thank Professor Leonid Kogan, whose term as editor of the Review is ending December 31, 2015. We wish Leonid all the best with his new endeavors.
Editor’s Choice: December
The Editor’s Choice article for December 2015 (issue 28/12) is “Active Ownership” by Elroy Dimson, Oğuzhan Karakaş, and Xi Li. You can read the article free online here.
The Eleventh NYU Stern/ New York Fed Conference on Financial Intermediation
The Eleventh NYU Stern/ New York Fed Conference on Financial Intermediation will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Philip Strahan. The deadline for paper submission is January 8, 2016. The conference will take place May 6, 2016. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
In Memoriam: Rick Green
The RFS editorial team is saddened by the passing of former RFS Co-Editor Rick Green. We would like to share the sentiments expressed in the tribute that the SFS has written; the tribute may be viewed here. Rick served as an RFS Co-Editor from 1990-1994. He will be missed.
Editor’s Choice: November
The Editor’s Choice article for November 2015 (issue 28/11) is “The Sovereign Wealth Fund Discount: Evidence from Public Equity Investments” by Bernardo Bortolotti, Veljko Fotak, and William L. Megginson. You can read the article free online here.
Editor’s Choice: October
The Editor’s Choice article for October 2015 (issue 28/10) is “The Real Effects of Hedge Fund Activism: Productivity, Asset Allocation, and Labor Outcomes” by Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Hyunseob Kim. You can read the article free online here.
2015 Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises: Program & Registration
The program for the 2015 Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises, which features a dual submission option with RFS, is now available online at http://whartonliquidity.org/about/registration/2015-program/
Registration is now open. If you want to participate, please register here: https://whartonfic.wufoo.com/forms/liquidity-and-financial-crisis-registration/ by September 22.
Editor’s Choice: September
The Editor’s Choice article for September 2015 (issue 28/9) is “Financing Constraints and the Amplification of Aggregate Downturns” by . You can read the article free online here.
