Forthcoming Paper
“Does Contract Enforcement Mitigate Hold Up?” by J. Anthony Cookson
RCFS News
Winners of the RCFS Awards
The winners of the RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America on May 23. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “Have Instrumental Variables Brought Us Closer to the Truth” Wei Jiang Prize: $20,000 Referee of the Year Ilona Babenko Prize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners! For past award history, please visit our Awards page.
Forthcoming Paper
“Within-Bank Spillovers of Real Estate Shocks” by Vicente Cunat, Dragana Cvijanovic, and Kathy Yuan
Editor’s Choice: March
The Editor’s Choice paper for March 2018 (issue 7/1) is “Identification is not Causality, and Vice Versa” by R. Kahn and Toni M. Whited. You can read the article free online here.
Gregor Matvos’s Paper on Forbes
Editor Gregor Matvos’s paper, “The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct,” is featured on Forbes.com in a post by Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. The paper is co-authored with Mark Egan and former RCFS Editor Amit Seru. You can view the post online here.
Forthcoming Paper
“An Unexpected Test of the Bonding Hypothesis” by Louis Gagnon and G. Andrew Karolyi
RCFS Conference – Call for Papers
RCFS announces its first conference, which will be held February 16-18, 2018, in Nassau, the Bahamas. The sponsoring editors are Paolo Fulghieri, Efraim Benmelech, Gregor Matvos, and Uday Rajan. The submission deadline is October 31, 2017. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
Forthcoming Paper
“Identification is not Causality, and Vice Versa” by R. Jay Kahn and Toni Whited
Editor’s Choice: September
The Editor’s Choice paper for September 2017 (issue 6/2) is “Have Instrumental Variables Brought Us Closer to the Truth” by Wei Jiang. You can read the article free online here.
UBC Winter Finance Conference 2018
The UBC Winter Finance Conference 2018 will feature a dual submission option with RCFS and RAPS. The RCFS sponsoring editor is Paolo Fughieri and the RAPS sponsoring editor is Wayne Ferson. The deadline for paper submissions is November 19, 2017. The conference will take place March 2-4, 2018, at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.