Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh in the NY Times
RFS Editor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh is quoted in the NY Times in a piece titled, “When the (Empty) Apartment Next Door Is Owned by an Oligarch.” Read the article online here.
RFS News
Editor’s Choice 30(8)
The Editor’s Choice article for 30(8) is “Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates” by Aleksandar Andonov, Rob M.M.J. Bauer, and K.J. Martijn Cremers. You can read the article free online.
New Editor Appointment
RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Cohen as an Editor of the Review, beginning July 17, 2017. Lauren is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously served as an Associate Editor for the Review from 2009-2012. Please join us in welcoming Lauren to his new role.
Photos from Cavalcade North America
See more photos from SFS Cavalcade North America 2017.
Virtual Issue: Culture and Economics
Oxford University Press’s new virtual issue on culture and economics features two RFS papers: Nationalism and Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations by Raymond Fisman, Yasushi Hamao, and Yongxiang Wang What’s in a Name? Mutual Fund Flows When Managers Have Foreign-Sounding Names by Alok Kumar, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, and Oliver G. Spalt The virtual issue is free to read online until the end of July on Oxford’s web site.
Editor’s Choice 30(7)
The Editor’s Choice article for 30(7) is “Equity Vesting and Investment” by Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang, and Katharina A. Lewellen. You can read the article free online.
2016 Impact Factor
The 2016 Impact Factors have been released and we are pleased to report that RFS’s Impact Factor increased to 3.689.
Winners of the RFS Awards
The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception at SFS Cavalcade North America. We are pleased to now share the winners: Distinguished Referee Award Michelle Lowry, Philipp Schnabl, Clemens Sialm Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “Who Facilitated Misreporting in Securitized Loans?” John M. Griffin and Gonzalo Maturana Prize: $20,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up “Loan Originations and Defaults in the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Middle Class” Manuel… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards
Editorial Team Changes
RFS is pleased to announce that Andrew Karolyi will be continuing for a second term as Executive Editor, and Francesca Cornellli and Philip Strahan have been renewed for second terms as Editors. We also welcome the following Associate Editors: Henrik Cronqvist, Ran Duchin, Isil Erel, Dirk Hackbarth, Paolo Pasquariello, and Lalitha Naveen. We thank our retiring Associate Editors: Joao Cocco, Robert Dittmar, Thierry Foucault, Ron Kaniel, Ralph Koijen, Hanno Lustig, Richard Sias, and Toni Whited. All changes are effective… Read More »Editorial Team Changes
A safe asset for Europe
RFS Editor Stijn van Nieuwerburgh contributed this morning to a Financial Times editorial entitled “Safe Bonds for Europe.” It advocates for a new financial innovation to foster greater stability for the financial system in Europe. See the full editorial here.