RCFS has a submission option for papers that were previously reviewed by other journals. The goal of such review process is to help the editors arrive at a quick and informed decision on a paper based on feedback received by the authors from previous submissions. A paper is eligible for this optional review process if it was previously submitted to a few select journals; please see Prior Review Policy for details. If… Read More »Prior Review Process
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.
“When Does Higher Firm Leverage Lead to Higher Employee Pay?” by Timothy Dore and Rebecca Zarutskie
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
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
“Energy Transitions and Household Finance: Evidence from U.S. Coal Mining” by Ding Du and Stephen A. Karolyi
“Managerial Entrenchment and the Market for Talent” by Fabio Feriozzi
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
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
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
