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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.

Forthcoming Paper

“Multifaceted Transactions and Organizational Ownership” by Michel Antoine Habib

Forthcoming Paper

“Robust Models of CEO Turnover: New Evidence on Relative Performance Evaluation” by C. Edward Fee, Charles J. Hadlock, Jing Huang, and Joshua Pierce  

Forthcoming Paper

“Why Do Firms Sit on Cash? An Asymmetric Information Approach” by Milton Harris and Artur Raviv 

Forthcoming Paper

“Lending to Innovative Firms” by Sudheer Chava, Vikram Nanda, and Steven Chong Xiao