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Dual Submission Decisions

The dual submission decisions for the CSEF-RCFS Conference on Finance, Labor and Inequality 2022 have been sent. The dual submission decisions for the 11th MoFiR Workshop on Banking have also been sent. If you submitted your paper as a dual submission and did not receive your decision email, please contact us.

Forthcoming Paper

“When Does Higher Firm Leverage Lead to Higher Employee Pay?” by Timothy Dore and Rebecca Zarutskie

Call for Papers and Proposals: RCFS Winter Conference 2023

The 2023 RCFS Winter Conference is now accepting submissions. Please see the Call for Papers and the Call for Proposals on “Corporate Market Power: Drivers and Financial Consequences” for more details. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RCFS, will take place February 18-19, 2023, at the Royal Sonesta in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sponsoring editors are Andrew Ellul, Isil Erel, Camelia Kuhnen, and Robert Marquez. The… Read More »Call for Papers and Proposals: RCFS Winter Conference 2023

Special Issue: August 11(3)

The August issue of RCFS has published! It is a Special Issue on “Discrimination, Disparity, and Diversity in Finance.” The Editor’s Choice paper is: Does Homeownership Reduce Wealth Disparities for Low-Income and Minority Households? Ashleigh Eldemire, Kimberly F. Luchtenberg, and Matthew M. Wynter The introduction is: “Discrimination, Disparities, and Diversity in Finance” Andrew Ellul, Isil Erel, Camelia Kuhnen, Uday Rajan, editors

Forthcoming Paper

“Energy Transitions and Household Finance: Evidence from U.S. Coal Mining” by Ding Du and Stephen A. Karolyi

Forthcoming Paper

“Managerial Entrenchment and the Market for Talent” by Fabio Feriozzi

Paper Spotlight: Social Change through Financial Innovation: Evidence from Donor-Advised Funds

Donor-advised funds (DAFs), important vehicles for philanthropic giving in the United States, have grown significantly in the recent past and continue to do so. DAFs are different from traditional charities because of the inherent flexibility contained in their structures. Of particular importance is the possibility given to donors to “give now, decide later.” In the RCFS paper “Social Change through Financial Innovation: Evidence from Donor-Advised Funds,” Jillian Grennan uses a… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Social Change through Financial Innovation: Evidence from Donor-Advised Funds

Paper Spotlight: What’s Good for Women Is Good for Science: Evidence from the American Finance Association

The reasons that can explain the very important issue of gender disparities in labor market outcomes are still quite nebulous. To remove such disparities we need first to understand the sources of women’s differential labor market outcomes. Differences in human capital have been found lacking in explaining observed differences. Recent developments in the literature point to three potential factors: gender differences in preferences, structure of work that can differentially impact… Read More »Paper Spotlight: What’s Good for Women Is Good for Science: Evidence from the American Finance Association

Paper Spotlight: Culture, Lending Relationships, and the Cost of Credit

              As migration across countries and continents has continued to rise, societies must ask whether these new members of their communities are suffering from lower access to finance due to a trust gap arising from cultural differences. There is ample evidence showing that cultural differences have an important effect on economic outcomes, and they do so through two different channels. First, there could be… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Culture, Lending Relationships, and the Cost of Credit

Best Paper Awards at CSEF-RCFS Conference on Labor, Finance, and Inequality

The winners of the best paper awards at the CSEF-RCFS Conference on Finance, Labor, and Inequality are: “Owner Culture and Pay Inequality within Firms,” by Jan Bena, Guangli Lu, and Iris Wang “Can the Unemployed Borrow? Implications for Public Insurance,” by J. Carter Braxton, Gordon Phillips, and Kyle Herkenhoff “Early exposure to entrepreneurship and the creation of female entrepreneurs,” by Mikkel Baggesgaard Mertz, Maddalena Ronchi, and Viola Salvestrini The program… Read More »Best Paper Awards at CSEF-RCFS Conference on Labor, Finance, and Inequality