Impact Factor
We are pleased to share that the RFS impact factor for 2022 is 8.2, ranking 4 out of 111 in the SSCI Finance category and 14 out of 380 in the SSCI Economics category.
RFS News
New Issue: August 36(8)
The August issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Dollar and Exports” by Valentina Bruno and Hyun Song Shin
Editorial Team Change
Juhani Linnainmaa is stepping down from the editorial position at the Review of Financial Studies as of July 1st, 2023. He has taken on a position of Co-Director of Research at Kepos Capital (in addition to his appointment at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College). He’ll continue handling the papers that he was assigned at the Review of Financial Studies before July 1st, 2023. We thank him for his service and wish him… Read More »Editorial Team Change
New Issue: July 36(7)
The July issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors” by Emirhan Ilhan, Philipp Krueger, Zacharias Sautner, and Laura T Starks
Associate Editors
We thank the following Associate Editors, who have completed their terms: Tobias Berg Anna Cieslak Andra Ghent Arthur Korteweg Justin Murfin Giorgia Piacentino David Solomon And we welcome our incoming Associate Editors: Turan Bali (Georgetown University) Janet Gao (Georgetown University) Umit Gurun (University of Texas at Dallas) Elisabeth Kempf (Harvard Business School) Andrey Malenko (University of Michigan) Carolin Pflueger (University of Chicago) Changes are effective July 1.
Editorial Team Changes
We are very grateful to Lauren Cohen and Stefano Giglio, who are retiring as Editors. Lauren has been an Editor with RFS since 2017, and Stefano has been an Editor with RFS since 2020. We thank them for their service. We are pleased to share that Clemens Siam (University of Texas at Austin) and Anna Pavlova (London Business School) are joining the RFS team as Editors. Gregor Matvos and Tarun… Read More »Editorial Team Changes
Winners of the RFS Awards
The winners of the annual RFS Awards were announced at SFS Cavalcade North America 2023. We are pleased to share the winners: Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “The Cross-Section of Bank Value” Mark Egan, Stefan Lewellen, and Adi Sunderam Prize: $10,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up “Methodological Variation in Empirical Corporate Finance” Todd Mitton Prize: $5000 Referee of the Year Nadya Malenko Prize: $1000 Distinguished Referees Ilona Babenko Matteo Benetton Asaf… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards
New Issue: June 36(6)
The June issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Regulatory Limits to Risk Management” by Ishita Sen
Part-time RFS Advisory Editor Position Available
An RFS advisory editor position is available for the next academic year; the start date is flexible. The position is a particularly good fit for finance/economics post-docs or late-stage PhD students. The primary task is to provide editorial support in the review process and requires about 10 hours per week with a minimum commitment for one year (or preferably for two years). The position allows working closely with the RFS… Read More »Part-time RFS Advisory Editor Position Available
New Issue: May 36(5)
The May issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Do Investors Care about Impact?” by Florian Heeb, Julian F. Kölbel, Falko Paetzold, and Stefan Zeisberger