We at the RFS were saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Peter Christoffersen of the University of Toronto. Peter was an Associate Editor of the RFS from 2012-2015, and a valued member of the Society for Financial Studies. We extend our sympathies to his wife, Professor Susan Christoffersen, and his family. Rotman has created an In Memoriam page, which may be viewed here.
The Editor’s Choice article for 31(7) is “News Shocks and the Production-Based Term Structure of Equity Returns” by Hengjie Ai, Mariano Max Croce, Anthony M. Diercks, and Kai Li. You can read the article free online.
The Society for Financial Studies is losing the masterful administrative and editing skills of Andrew Karolyi, Executive Editor of The Review of Financial Studies. Unfortunate for us, but great for Cornell University, he will become the Deputy Dean and College Dean of Academic Affairs for the Cornell DC Johnson College of Business on July 1. Andrew has dedicated an immense amount of time over the past 8 years to The… Read More »Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi
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RFS is pleased to welcome the following Associate Editors: Kenneth Ahern, Zhi Da, Vyacheslav Fos, Kai Li, Nadya Malenko, Veronika Pool, Alexi Savov, and Michela Verardo. We thank our retiring Associate Editors: Hui Chen, Todd Gormley, Zhiguo He, Gerard Hoberg, Victoria Ivashina, Dirk Jenter, Amiyatosh Purnanandam, and Paul Tetlock. All changes are effective July 1, 2018.
The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America on May 23. We are pleased to share the winners: Distinguished Referee Awards Ralph Koijen, Eric Zwick Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “Does Hedging Affect Firm Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment” Erik Gilje and Jérôme Taillard Prize: $20,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up “The Freedom of Information Act and the Race Toward Information Acquisition” Antonio… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards
The Editor’s Choice article for 31(6) is “The Labor Market Effects of Credit Market Information” by Marieke Bos, Emily Breza, and Andres Liberman. You can read the article free online.
The Review of Financial Studies, Columbia University Department of Economics, and the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis at Imperial College Business School are organizing a Climate Finance conference on October 5 & 6, 2018 at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. The conference funded by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) will feature the completed papers from the RFS Climate Finance Call for Proposals and the proposals workshop at Columbia University… Read More »Call for Completed Papers for RFS Conference on Climate Finance
The 2019 Conference on “New Frontiers in Banking: from Corporate Governance to Risk Management” will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Francesca Cornelli. The deadline for paper submissions is September 16, 2018. The conference will take place March 28‐30, 2019, at Bocconi University in Milan. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
Together with the Fama-Miller Center at Chicago Booth and EDHEC, RFS will co-host a conference on “New Methods for the Cross Section of Returns.” The conference will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editors are Stijn van Nieuwerburgh and Andrew Karolyi. The deadline for papers is June 15, 2018. The conference will take place September 27-28, 2018, at the Gleacher Center of the Booth School of Business at the University of… Read More »Conference on New Methods for the Cross Section of Returns
