RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Too Good to Be True: Look-ahead Bias in Empirical Options Research” by Jefferson Duarte, Christopher S. Jones, Mehdi Khorram, Haitao Mo, and Junbo Wang
RFS News
New Membership System
The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to launch our new membership system. Members will be able to purchase 1-year memberships, 3-year memberships, or student memberships. Our submission systems will automatically recognize memberships and remind you when you need to renew. The new system was not able to move current memberships over, which means all accounts are starting from scratch. We apologize for the inconvenience! If you purchased a membership recently,… Read More »New Membership System
RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Financial Intermediaries and The Yield Curve” by Andres Schneider
RFS Data Editors
RFS has appointed Patrick Weiss (Reykjavik University, Tidy Finance) and Christoph Scheuch (Tidy Finance) as Data Editors. They will begin on August 1, 2025. The data editors will review code and packages to ensure they are complete and organized.
RFS Editorial Changes
As noted previously, Jessica Wachter (University of Pennsylvania) joined the RFS team as an Editor on January 22, Gerard Hoberg (USC Marshall School) will be joining July 1, and Viral Acharya (NYU Stern) will begin September 1. RFS is very grateful to Manju Puri and Holger Mueller, who are retiring from the RFS team. Manju ended her role on May 7 and Holger will be retiring September 1. Both have… Read More »RFS Editorial Changes
RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Financial Advisors and Investors’ Bias” by Marianne Andries, Maxime Bonelli, and David Alexandre Sraer
RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Mortgage Design, Repayment Schedules, and Household Borrowing” by Claes Bäckman, Patrick Moran, and Peter van Santen
Winners of the RFS Awards
The winners of the annual RFS Awards were announced at SFS Cavalcade North America 2025. We are pleased to share the winners: Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award“Who Can Tell Which Banks Will Fail?”Kristian Blickle, Markus Brunnermeier, Stephan LuckPrize: $10,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up“Noise in Expectations: Evidence from Analyst Forecasts”Tim de Silva, David ThesmarPrize: $5000 Referee of the YearJames VickeryPrize: $1000 Distinguished RefereesAndrew Bird, Andrea Gamba, Sasha Indarte, Michael Johannes, Paolina… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards
RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Treasury Re-use and the Demand for Safe Assets” by Sebastian Infante and Zack Saravay
RFS Forthcoming Paper
“Cooling Auction Fever: Evidence from the Housing Market” by Antonio Gargano and Marco Giacoletti