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New Issue: April 36(4)

The April issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Advising the Management: A Theory of Shareholder Engagement” by Ali Kakhbod, Uliana Loginova, Andrey Malenko, and Nadya Malenko

New Issue: March 36(3)

The March issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Benchmarking Intensity” by Anna Pavlova and Taisiya Sikorskaya

New Issue: February 36(2)

The February issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “The Value of Differing Points of View: Evidence from Financial Analysts’ Geographic Diversity” by William C. Gerken and Marcus O. Painter

New Issue: January 36(1)

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The January issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Racial Disparities in the Auto Loan Market” by Alexander W. Butler, Erik J. Mayer, and James P. Weston  

Editorial Team Changes

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RFS extends our gratitude to Ralph Koijen, who will be retiring as an Editor on December 31. We are grateful for Ralph’s 4.5 years of tremendous service as an Editor, in addition to his 3 years as an Associate Editor. We are pleased to announce that Juhani Linnainmaa will be joining RFS as an Editor. Juhani is a Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College… Read More »Editorial Team Changes

Special Issue: New Perspectives on Insurance 

Special Issue: New Perspectives on Insurance  Editor: Ralph S. J. Koijen RFS December 35(12) Editor’s Choice: Trust and Insurance Contracts by Nicola Gennaioli, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer Introduction: New Perspectives on Insurance by Ralph S. J. Koijen, Motohiro Yogo

New Issue: November 35(11)

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The November issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “The Rise of Finance Companies and FinTech Lenders in Small Business Lending” by Manasa Gopal and Philipp Schnabl  

Impact Factor

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We are pleased to share that the RFS impact factor for 2021 has risen to 8.414, ranking it 2 out of 111 in the SSCI – Finance category and 10 out of 379 in the SSCI – Economics category (Clarivate, 2021).