RCFS News

The winners of the RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Best Paper Award “Do Consumers Choose the Right Credit Contracts?” Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Chunlin Liu, and Nicholas S. Souleles Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Mara Faccio Prize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners! For past award history, please visit our Awards… Read More »Winners of the RCFS Awards

RCFS welcomes Gregor Matvos as an Editor, replacing Amit Seru, who will retire from his position. We thank Amit for his service to the journal. RCFS also welcomes Carola Frydman and Victoria Ivashina as Associate Editors. We thank retiring Associate Editors Thomas Noe and Amir Sufi for their service. All changes are effective July 1, 2016.

Cavalcade 2016 will feature a special presentation from the Review of Corporate Finance Studies on Tuesday, May 17, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad.

Please note that the mailing address of the Society for Financial Studies and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies has changed. The new address is posted online at Contact Us.

RCFS Editor Amit Seru’s research is featured  in a Chicago Tribune piece, “Study finds reason to be wary of financial advisers” and in a Washington Post piece, “This is how unethical financial advisers can get away with it.”

The new issue of RCFS 5(1) March 2016 has published online. If you have a subscription, you can also view the issue online here. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still view the Editor’s Choice article for free online!

“Innovation, Competition, and Investment Timing” by Yrjo Koskinen and Joril Maeland

“Skewness Preference and Seasoned Equity Offers” by Don M. Autore and Jared DeLisle

“Public Corruption in the United States: Implications for Local Firms” by Nishant Dass, Vikram Nanda, and Steven Chong Xiao

“How Does Corporate Investment Respond to Increased Entry Threat” by Laurent Fresard and Philip  Valta