The RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Ralph Koijen as an editor of the Review, beginning September 1, 2018. Ralph is a Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. Please join us in welcoming Ralph to his new role.
The 15th Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association will feature a dual submission option with RAPS and RCFS. The deadline for paper submissions is August 31, 2018. The conference will take place December 8 and 9, 2018, at the Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
Our publisher, Oxford University Press, has computed the 2017 Citation Impact Factor for RCFS. If RCFS were indexed by ISI, it would have an Impact Factor of 1.625.
RFS is pleased to share that our latest impact factor has risen to 4.270. Our publisher, Oxford University Press, has curated an online collection of highly-cited articles, which you can read for free on their web site.
“Shareholder Bargaining Power, Debt Overhang, and Investment” by Emmanuel Alanis, Sudheer Chava, and Praveen Kumar
We at the RFS were saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Peter Christoffersen of the University of Toronto. Peter was an Associate Editor of the RFS from 2012-2015, and a valued member of the Society for Financial Studies. We extend our sympathies to his wife, Professor Susan Christoffersen, and his family. Rotman has created an In Memoriam page, which may be viewed here.
We are very pleased to announce that Andrew Ellul has agreed to serve as the next Executive Editor of RCFS. His term will begin July 1, 2018. Previously Andrew was Associate Editor and Editor of the Review of Finance. Andrew is Professor of Finance and Fred T. Greene Chair in Finance at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. A more complete bio and his publications can be found at https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.html?id=ANELLUL.
The Editor’s Choice article for 31(7) is “News Shocks and the Production-Based Term Structure of Equity Returns” by Hengjie Ai, Mariano Max Croce, Anthony M. Diercks, and Kai Li. You can read the article free online.
We are very pleased to announce that Itay Goldstein has agreed to serve as the next Executive Editor of RFS. His term will begin July 1, 2018. Itay joined the RFS editorial team in 2013 as an Editor. Before that he served as Department Editor for Management Science and Editor for the Journal of Financial Intermediation. He is currently Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics, and the Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family… Read More »Introducing RFS Executive Editor Itay Goldstein
“Investment-Banking Relationships: 1933-2007” by Alan Morrison, Carola Schenone, Aaron Thegeya, and William Wilhelm
