RCFS News

“How Do Laws and Institutions affect Recovery Rates on Collateral?” by Hans Degryse, Vasso Ioannidou, Jose Maria Liberti, and Jason Sturgess

“Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises” by Boris Vallée

Our publisher, Oxford University Press, has computed the 2018 Citation Impact Factor for RCFS. If RCFS were indexed by ISI, it would have an Impact Factor of 1.938, which increased from last year’s figure of 1.625.

The winners of the RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America on May 21. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “Within-Bank Spillovers of Real Estate Shocks” Vicente Cuñat, Dragana Cvijanović, and Kathy Yuan Prize: $20,000 Referee of the Year Ramin P. Baghai Prize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners!

RCFS is pleased to announce that Gregor Matvos has been renewed for another 3-year term as Editor. We thank him for his continued service.

RCFS Editor Gregor Matvos is featured in the LA Times in a piece titled, “Chase says arbitration ‘provides better outcomes’ for consumers….” Also featured is former RCFS Editor Amit Seru, who is a co-author of the study alongside Mark Egan.

“Tough Love: The Effects of Debt Contract Design on Firm Performance” by Ioannis Spyridopoulos

“Employee Inside Debt and Firm Risk-Taking: Evidence from Employee Deposit Programs in Japan” by Sudipto Dasgupta, Yupeng Lin, Takeshi Yamada, and Zilong Zhang