The Society of Financial Studies Council believes that we cannot remain silent about the continued acts of racism that exist in our society. We acknowledge the numerous voices of the peaceful protesters and are determined to not let this moment pass without contributing to a changed society. In particular, the future of a robust financial system lies on the path of justice and equity. We are actively investigating ways to… Read More »Statement of the SFS Council
The SFS is happy to announce that the Vice Chair for SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific will be Jun Pan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and the Associate Chair will be Chen Lin (University of Hong Kong). They join Chair Jun-Koo Kang (Nanyang Technological University). The 2020 conference has been postponed to 2021.
The SFS is happy to announce that the Associate Chair for SFS Cavalcade North America 2021 will be Victoria Ivashina (Harvard Business School). Professor Ivashina joins Chair Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley) and Vice Chair Andrea Eisfeldt (UCLA).
SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific, which was to take place December 11-13, 2020, will be postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19. We thank the hosts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shenzhen Finance Institute, for their flexibility.
We are pleased to announce that Stefano Giglio will be joining RFS as an editor. Stefano is a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, an NBER Research Associate, and a CEPR Research Affiliate, and previously served as an associate editor of RFS. His first day will be July 1.
The Review of Corporate Finance Studies is introducing a Prior Review Process. The goal of such review process is to help the editors arrive at a quick and informed decision on a paper based on feedback received by the authors from previous submissions. A paper is eligible for this optional review process if it was previously submitted to a few select journals. Starting on June 1, 2020, when you submit… Read More »Introducing the Prior Review Process
The winners of the SFS Cavalcade North America 2020 Best Paper Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 26. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper in Corporate Finance “Financial Technology Adoption” Sean Higgins Prize: $1000 Best Paper in Asset Pricing “Forest through the Trees: Building Cross-Sections of Stock Returns” Svetlana Bryzgalova, Markus Pelger, and Jason Zhu Prize: $1000 The Arthur Warga Award for Best… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards
The Cavalcade begins today, hosted virtually by the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
Don’t miss the keynote speeches at next week’s virtual Cavalcade: Tuesday May 26, 3:45pm RAPS Keynote by Campbell Harvey (Duke), “Tortured Data” Wednesday May 27, 12pm Cavalcade Keynote by Antoinette Schoar (MIT), “Consumer Financial Protection as Whack-a-mole” Wednesday May 27, 3:45pm RCFS Keynote: Thomas Philippon (NYU), “Efficient Programs to Support Businesses during Crises” Thursday May 28, 12pm Keynote by Amir Yaron (Bank of Israel, University of Pennsylvania) All times are in EDT.
The in-person SFS Cavalcade North America 2020 conference at UNC was canceled. The SFS Annual Meeting will take place as part of the virtual conference hosted by the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
