RCFS News

“Information Revelation in Merger Waves” by Pablo Moran “Have Instrumental Variables Brought Us Closer to the Truth” by Wei Jiang

The Editor’s Choice article for March 2017 (issue 6/1) is “Macroeconomic Risk and Debt Overhang” by Hui Chen and Gustavo Manso. You can read the article free online here.

The winners of the RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America. We are pleased to now share the winners: Best Paper Award “Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark J. Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Daniel Ferreira Prize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners! For past award history, please visit our Awards page.

RCFS welcomes Camelia Kuhnen as an Associate Editor. We are also pleased to announce that Daniel Paravisini, Steven Kaplan, and Bilge Yilmaz are continuing as Associate Editors. We thank retiring Associate Editor Viral Acharya. All changes are effective July 1, 2017, except Viral Acharya, whose term ended in 2016.

The new issue of RCFS 6(1) March 2017 has published online. If you have a subscription, you can view the issue online here. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still view the Editor’s Choice article for free online!

“Do Acceptance and Publication Times Differ Across Finance Journals?“ by Craig W. Holden

“Macroeconomic Risk and Debt Overhang” by Hui Chen and Gustavo Manso

The 2017 UBC Winter Finance Conference will feature a dual submission option with RCFS. The conference will take place March 3-5, 2017. For more, visit the conference web site.

RCFS Editor Efraim Benmelech’s research is featured in the Seattle P-I in a piece titled,  “Company Performance Improves with Military Veterans.” Read the article online here.

The new issue of RCFS 5(2) September 2016 has published online. If you have a subscription, you can view the issue online here. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still view the Editor’s Choice article for free online!