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Call for Papers: 2020 RCFS/RAPS Winter Conference

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The 2020 RCFS/RAPS Winter Conference is now accepting submissions. Please see the Call for Papers for full details. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RAPS and RCFS, will take place February 14-16, 2020, at the Atlantis in Nassau, the Bahamas. The RCFS sponsoring editors are Andrew Ellul, Isil Erel, Gregor Matvos, and Uday Rajan; the RAPS sponsoring editors are Jeffrey Pontiff, Hui Chen, Thierry Foucault, and Nikolai… Read More »Call for Papers: 2020 RCFS/RAPS Winter Conference

New RCFS Issue: September 2019

The new issue of RCFS, 8(2) September 2019, has published. The Editor’s Choice paper is “Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises” by Boris Vallée. Editor’s Choice papers are free to read online.

Bid to Host SFS Cavalcade North America 2021

The Society for Financial Studies invites you to bid to host SFS Cavalcade North America in 2021. Please read the Invitation to Bid for details. Bids must be received by October 1, 2019.

Highly-Cited RFS Papers

RFS’s publisher, Oxford University Press, has curated an online collection of highly-cited articles. This collection has free online access for a limited time.

Citation Impact Factor and Ranking for RFS

We are pleased to share that the RFS impact factor has risen to 4.975 for 2018. This is an increase from 4.270 in 2017. RFS’s ranking in ISI’s Business Finance category has also risen. RFS is now ranked #2, which is an increase from #4 in 2017.

Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

The winners of the SFS Cavalcade North America Best Paper Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on May 21. We are pleased to share the winners: Cavalcade Best Paper in Corporate Finance “The Capitalization of Consumer Financing into Durable Goods Prices” Bronson Argyle, Taylor Nadauld, Christopher Palmer, and Ryan Pratt Prize: $1000 Cavalcade Best Paper in Asset Pricing “Contracting for Financial Execution” Markus Baldauf, Christoph Frei, and Joshua Mollner… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards