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Advisory Editor Position Available

jaclyn — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:05:39 +0000

An SFS Advisory Editor position is available for the upcoming academic year, with a flexible start date. The position is particularly well suited for finance or economics postdoctoral researchers and advanced PhD candidates.

The primary responsibility is to provide editorial support in the review process. The role requires approximately 10 hours per week and a minimum commitment of one year. It offers the opportunity to work closely with the RFS editorial team while allowing ample time for independent research.

Compensation is competitive. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, graduate coursework transcripts, any working papers, and three letters of recommendation to Jan Sokolowsky.

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New RFS Issue 39(5)

jaclyn — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:11:38 +0000

The May issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Does Finance Benefit Society? A Language Embedding Approach” by Manish Jha, Hongyi Liu, and Asaf Manela

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:06:50 +0000

“Voting on Public Goods: Citizens vs Shareholders” by Robin Döttling, Doron Yizhak Levit, Nadya Malenko, and Magdalena Anna Rola-Janicka

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:18:19 +0000

“Firm-Level Labor-Shortage Exposure” by Jarrad Harford, and Qiyang He, and Buhui Qiu

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:17:41 +0000

“Green Investing and Political Behavior” by Florian Heeb, Julian Kölbel, Stefano Ramelli, and Anna Vasileva

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:23:20 +0000

“Mutual Fund Flows and the Supply of Capital in Municipal Financing” by Manuel Adelino, Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh, Jaewon Choi, and Sophia Chiyoung Cheong

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:12:57 +0000

“Global Capital and Local Assets: House Prices, Quantities, and Elasticities” by Caitlin Gorback and Benjamin J. Keys

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New RFS Issue 39(4)

jaclyn — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:09:51 +0000

The April issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Nonbank Lending and Credit Cyclicality” by Quirin Fleckenstein, Manasa Gopal, Germán Gutiérrez, and Sebastian Hillenbrand

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:33:52 +0000

“Broken Relationships: De-Risking by Correspondent Banks and International Trade” by Lea Borchert, Ralph De Haas, Karolin Kirschenmann, and Alison Schultz

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RFS Forthcoming Paper

jaclyn — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:58:38 +0000

“A dynamic model of the racial wealth gap” by Sylvain Catherine, Ellen Lu, and James Douglas Paron

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