RFS News

The Editor’s Choice article for 31(2) is “Robust Bond Risk Premia” by Michael D. Bauer and James D. Hamilton. You can read the article free online.

The Review of Financial Studies will host a Conference on Financial Technology at the new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, New York City. The event will take place in the Tata Innovation Center, March 16-17, 2018. The conference will feature the completed papers from the RFS FinTech Call for Proposals and the proposals workshop at Columbia University in May 2017. There will be limited seats available for members of… Read More »RFS FinTech Conference

“Does Aggregated Returns Disclosure Increase Portfolio Risk-Taking?” was recently announced as the winner of the 2017 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award For Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. This paper was published in RFS issue 30(6) June 2017 and can be read online here. We congratulate the authors: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian!

The 20th Annual Texas Finance Festival will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2018 at 2pm. The conference will take place April 19-21, 2018 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

RFS Editor Francesca Cornelli has been named a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute. From the announcement by the London Business School: “The ECGI awards the title of Fellow to individuals who have demonstrated scientific excellence or other outstanding achievements in the area of corporate governance.” You can read the full announcement here.

The Editor’s Choice article for 30(12) is “Does Hedging Affect Firm Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment” by Erik P. Gilje and Jérôme P. Taillard. You can read the article free online.

Call for Completed Papers for the Review of Financial Studies Conference on Financial Technology (FinTech) at Cornell Tech, New York, NY March 16-17, 2018 The Review of Financial Studies is organizing a FinTech conference on March 16-17, 2018 at the new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York. The conference will feature the completed papers from the RFS FinTech Call for Proposals and the proposals workshop at Columbia… Read More »Call for Completed Papers for RFS Conference on FinTech

We are excited to share the program for the upcoming Climate Finance Workshop, which will take place November 30, 2017 at Columbia University. This workshop is part of a two-stage editorial process designed to encourage researchers to engage in innovative research on the emerging topic of Climate Finance. At this workshop, authors will present their accepted proposals to peer authors and other invited experts for feedback. To register to attend the workshop, please… Read More »Climate Finance Workshop

The Editor’s Choice article for 30(11) is “Credit-Induced Boom and Bust” by Marco Di Maggio and Amir Kermani. You can read the article free online.

The 2018 Conference on “New Frontiers in Banking Research: 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 November 6, 2017. The conference will take place March 15-17, 2018, at Sapienza University in Rome. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.