SFS News

At the 2015 Cavalcade, the SFS presented President Matthew Spiegel with a plaque celebrating the 5-year anniversary of the conference. The plaque was presented by Cavalcade Chair Wei Jiang. We are grateful to Professor Spiegel for his role in pioneering the Cavalcade. We also extend our thanks to the conference chairs, host schools, reviewers, presenters, and participants who have been an integral part in the Cavalcade conferences. Thank you from the… Read More »Celebrating the 5-year Anniversary of the Cavalcade

The Society for Financial Studies will be accepting bids for Cavalcade 2017 beginning July 1, 2015. The bid period will run through October 1, 2015. For more information, please visit Cavalcade 2017.

The fee for submitting to an SFS journal (RAPS, RCFS, or RFS) will be increasing on July 1, 2015. The new submission fee will be $240 for members and $300 for nonmembers. Accordingly, we’ll also be increasing our referee payments. The new referee payment for an on-time report will be $200, beginning July 1.

The winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 19, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Cavalcade Best Paper in Corporate Finance, in honor of Jerome A. Chazen, sponsored by the Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School Winner: “The Deposits Channel of Monetary Policy” by Itamar Drechsler, Alexi Savov, Philipp Schnabl Prize: $1000 Cavalcade Best… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

The 2015 Cavalcade Conference Chairs are excited to announce the finalists for the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards. The winners will be announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 19, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. The finalists are: Cavalcade Best Paper in Corporate Finance, in honor of Jerome A. Chazen, sponsored by the Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School Dynamic Adverse Selection: Time Varying Market Conditions and Endogenous Entry… Read More »Finalists for Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

SFS Vice President Laura Starks has been named the interim dean at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin effective Sept. 1, 2015. For the full announcement, see McCombs Today.

Register for the Cavalcade by March 31 to pay the early registration fee of $100 for SFS members or $140 for nonmembers. Registration fees increase on April 1! Register online at Cavalcade 2015.

The 2015 Society for Financial Studies Annual Meeting will take place at the 2015 Finance Cavalcade at 3:45pm on May 18, 2015, at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech.

The program for Cavalcade 2015 is now available. Check it out on the Cavalcade 2015 web site!

Have you registered for Cavalcade 2015? Everyone–including presenting authors, co-authors, discussants, session chairs, doctoral students, and Georgia Tech faculty–must register at the Cavalcade 2015 web site. Please register early–registration price increases April 1.