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Call for Papers: 2021 RCFS Winter Conference

The 2021 RCFS Winter Conference is now accepting submissions. Please see the Call for Papers and the Call for Registered Reports on Discrimination, Disparities, and Diversity in Finance for more details. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RCFS, will take place virtually on February 13 and 14, 2021. The sponsoring editors are Andrew Ellul, Isil Erel, Camelia Kuhnen, and Uday Rajan. The submission deadline is December 1, 2020,… Read More »Call for Papers: 2021 RCFS Winter Conference

Now Hiring: Data Collection Assistant

UPDATED NOVEMBER 16, 2020: The position has been filled. The Society of Financial Studies has an opening for a data collection assistant. This is a virtual position, which provides the flexibility to work where you wish. The typical workload is approximately 10 hours per week. Some familiarity with finance journals and papers is preferred. This position pays $20 per hour. Please send CV/resumes to manager@sfs.org by October 31, 2020.

NBER-RFS Inequality, Discrimination, and the Financial System Virtual Conference

The Call for Papers for the NBER-RFS Inequality, Discrimination, and the Financial System Virtual Conference is now available. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RFS, will take place online April 1-2, 2021. The RFS sponsoring editors are Gregor Matvos, Manju Puri, and Tarun Ramadorai. The submission deadline is January 24, 2021. For more details, please see the NBER site.    

Invitation to Bid: SFS Cavalcade

The Society for Financial Studies invites bids to host SFS Cavalcade North America 2022. Please see the Invitation to Bid for details. The deadline for bids is November 1, 2020.

Responses to Economic Shocks Collection

Oxford University Press presents the Responses to Economic Shocks Collection, featuring papers from RAPS, RCFS, and RFS. The following papers are included: RAPS -Preventing Controversial Catastrophes by Steven D. Baker, Burton Hollifield, and Emilio Osambela -Economic Uncertainty and Interest Rates by Samuel M. Hartzmark RCFS -How Do Laws and Institutions Affect Recovery Rates for Collateral? by Hans Degryse, Vasso Ioannidou, José María Liberti, and Jason Sturgess -The Financial Crisis of… Read More »Responses to Economic Shocks Collection

SFS President and Vice President

On July 1, Antoinette Schoar became the SFS President and Wei Jiang became the SFS Vice President. Antoinette Schoar is the Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She also served in chairing roles for SFS Cavalcade North America from 2017-2019. Wei Jiang is the Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise at Columbia Business School. She was an… Read More »SFS President and Vice President

Council Changes

Josef Zechner completed his term as Vice President on June 30. Before serving as Vice President, Josef was on the Council. Tarun Ramadorai completed his term on the Council on June 30. He has taken on an editor role at RFS, and previously served as an associate editor at RFS. We are grateful to Josef and Tarun for their service.     Craig Holden has been renewed as Secretary/Treasurer. He… Read More »Council Changes

Laura Starks, SFS President

We are extremely grateful to Laura Starks, who completed her role as SFS President on June 30. Since 1997, Laura has served in five different roles across the SFS and our journals. Her guidance and commitment have been invaluable. Prior to serving as President, Laura was SFS Vice President, SFS Council Chair, an editor of RFS, and an associate editor of RFS. We thank her for her dedication.

Cavalcade Videos Now Available

Videos of the keynotes and paper presentations at Cavalcade North America 2020 are now available on the Cavalcade web site. Our thanks to the Kelley Learning Media team at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University for preparing the videos.

Camelia Kuhnen Joining the RCFS Team

We are pleased to announce that Camelia Kuhnen is joining RCFS as an editor. Camelia is a professor of finance and Sarah Graham Kenan distinguished scholar at UNC Kenan-Flagler and a faculty research associate at NBER. She is an expert in household finance, neuroeconomics, and corporate finance. She is currently an associate editor at the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science. Camelia previously served as president… Read More »Camelia Kuhnen Joining the RCFS Team