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Editor’s Choice 33(6)

The Editor’s Choice article for 33(6) is “Monetary Transmission through Shadow Banks” by Kairong Xiao. You can read the paper free online.

Gregor Matvos Joining the RFS Team

We are pleased to announce that Gregor Matvos will be joining RFS as an editor. Gregor is a Howard Berolzheimer Chair in Finance at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Research Associate in the Corporate Finance group at NBER. His first day will be July 1.  

Editor Ralph Koijen in Forbes

RFS Editor Ralph Koijen’s research is featured in a Forbes piece titled, “Researchers Examine The Market’s COVID-19 Swings, Here’s What They Found.”

Webinar: An Evaluation of the Fed-Treasury Credit Programs

On Monday, May 11 at 12:30 PM EST, Jeremy Stein will join a webinar, co-hosted by the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance and the Society for Financial Studies, on the COVID-19 credit programs recently implemented by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury. Stein is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve. The event will begin with a brief discussion by Markus… Read More »Webinar: An Evaluation of the Fed-Treasury Credit Programs

Editor Renewal

RFS is pleased to announce that Lauren Cohen has been appointed for a second term as an editor. We thank Lauren for his continued service.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Collection

Oxford University Press presents the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Collection, featuring the following papers from RFS: Destructive Creation at Work: How Financial Distress Spurs Entrepreneurship by Tania Babina The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments by Christophe Pérignon and Boris Vallée How Valuable Is FinTech Innovation? by Mark A. Chen, Qinxi Wu, and Baozhong Yang Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China by Lily H. Fang,… Read More »Innovation & Entrepreneurship Collection

Special Issue: New Methods in the Cross-Section

Issue 33(5) of RFS is a special issue, edited by G. Andrew Karolyi and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. The editorial is free to read online. The Editor’s Choice paper is “Comparing Cross-Section and Time-Series Factor Models” by Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French

FinTech & Innovation Collection

The SFS presents our FinTech & Innovation Collection, featuring papers from RAPS, RCFS, and RFS. The featured papers are free to read on Oxford University Press’s web site.

Part-time RFS Advisory Editor Position

UPDATED April 20, 2020: The position has been filled. A part-time RFS advisory editor position is available for the next academic year, beginning in August 2020.  We’re looking for an advanced finance or economics PhD student or a recent post-doc to provide editorial support in the review process.  The position requires about 10 hours per week and a minimum commitment of one year; extension for another year is possible.  Salary is competitive. The application deadline is May… Read More »Part-time RFS Advisory Editor Position