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A New Look at the Financial Consequences of Economic Policy Uncertainty

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Investment” by Purdue University’s Huseyin Gulen and University of Arizona’s Mihai Ion, an article in Issue 29(3) for March 2016. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for RFS.]… Read More »A New Look at the Financial Consequences of Economic Policy Uncertainty

Understanding the Mechanics of Contagion in Financial Markets

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “Financing Constraints and the Amplification of Aggregate Downturns” by Daniel Carvalho of the University of Southern California, an article in Issue 28(9) for September 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site for… Read More »Understanding the Mechanics of Contagion in Financial Markets

Fifth Symposium on Emerging Financial Markets: China and Beyond

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The Fifth Symposium on Emerging Financial Markets: China and Beyond will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Andrew Karolyi. The deadline for paper submission is February 15, 2016. The conference will take place May 25 & 26, 2016, in Hong Kong, China. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

Editor’s Choice: February

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The Editor’s Choice article for February 2016 (issue 29/2) is “Who Facilitated Misreporting in Securitized Loans?” by John M. Griffin and Gonzalo Maturana. You can read the article free online here.

RFS Authors Featured on OUP Blog

Authors Campbell R. Harvey, Yan Liu, and Heqing Zhu are featured on the Oxford University Press blog in a post titled, “Separating investment facts from flukes,” based on their paper, “…and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns,” which is in the January 2016 issue of RFS. To accompany the post, we’ve made the paper free to read online! Check out the blog post here and read the paper here.

New Paper Examines Speeds for Top Finance Journals

A new working paper titled “Do Acceptance and Publication Times Differ Across Finance Journals?” by Craig Holden examines the time that eventually-published articles take from first-round submission to final-round acceptance for the top-20 finance journals and top-tier business journals. He finds that the two fastest finance journals are the Review of Corporate Finance Studies and the Review of Asset Pricing Studies, with median acceptance times of 7.3 months and 7.8 months,… Read More »New Paper Examines Speeds for Top Finance Journals

Editor’s Choice: January

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The Editor’s Choice article for January 2016 (issue 29/1) is “… and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns” by Campbell R. Harvey, Yan Liu, and Heqing Zhu. You can read the article free online here.

Special Section: Meta-Analysis of Market Anomalies

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The January issue of RFS, 29(1), contains a special section on meta-analysis of market anomalies. The section features: “… and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns” by Campbell R. Harvey, Yan Liu, and Heqing Zhu “Dissecting Anomalies with a Five-Factor Model” by Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French “A Taxonomy of Anomalies and Their Trading Costs” by Robert Novy-Marx and Mihail Velikov The issue is available to read online here.

Itay Goldstein in The Wall Street Journal

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RFS Editor Itay Goldstein was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for a piece titled, “Worried About Your High-Yield Bond Fund? Devise an Exit Strategy.” Read the article online here.