The Review of Financial Studies

The University of Oklahoma’s Price College Energy Institute and the Price College Center for Financial Studies are organizing the 2017 OU Energy and Commodities Finance Research Conference. The conference will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Philip Strahan. The deadline for paper submission is 15 May 2017. The conference will take place September 29-30, 2017 on the OU campus in Norman, Oklahoma. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

The RFS announces the creation of a novel two-stage editorial process designed to encourage researchers to engage in innovative research on the emerging topic of Climate Finance. The process is closely related to a “registered reports” format with a first-stage workshop to review accepted proposals and a second-stage conference to evaluate final papers. The conference organizers are Harrison Hong and José Scheinkman of Columbia University together with RFS editor, Andrew Karolyi. The sponsor is Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). The deadline for proposals is July 30, 2017 and the workshop to review paper proposals is scheduled for November 30, 2017 at Columbia University in New York. The Call for Proposals may be view here.

The RFS would like to thank Professor Robin Greenwood, whose term as editor of the Review is ending January 31, 2017. We wish Robin all the best with his new endeavors.

The RFS announces the creation of a novel two-stage editorial process designed to encourage researchers to engage in innovative research on the emerging topic of FinTech. The process is closely related to a “registered reports” format with a first-stage workshop to review accepted proposals and a second-stage conference to evaluation final papers. The RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang, and Andrew Karolyi. The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2017 and the workshop to review paper proposals is scheduled for May 25, 2017 at Columbia University in New York. The Call for Proposals may be view here.

The 19th Annual Texas Finance Festival will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. The deadline for paper submissions is January 15, 2017. The conference will take place April 20-22, 2017. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

The SFS Cavalcade North America 2017 submission period is now open. To submit, please visit Cavalcade North America 2017. The deadline for submissions is December 7, 2016.

Dual Submission: The Cavalcade features dual submission with The Review of Asset Pricing Studies and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. Details are available at Cavalcade North America 2017.

Reminder for doctoral students: For papers in which ALL co-authors are doctoral students, the submission fee is waived.

The 2017 Conference on Banks, Systemic Risk, Measurement and Mitigation will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Francesca Cornelli. The deadline for paper submission is November 30, 2016. The conference will take place March 16-18, 2017 at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

The SFS Cavalcade North America 2017 submission period will begin November 9 and end December 7. For more, visit SFS Cavalcade North America 2017.

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.

RFS Editor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh has won the Bernacer Prize! The Bernacer Prize is awarded annually to a European economist under 40. Stijn received the award for his research on the transmission of shocks in the housing market on the macro-economy and the prices of financial assets. Congratulations Stijn!