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RFS Paper wins the TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award For Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security

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“Does Aggregated Returns Disclosure Increase Portfolio Risk-Taking?” was recently announced as the winner of the 2017 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award For Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. This paper was published in RFS issue 30(6) June 2017 and can be read online here. We congratulate the authors: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian!

Gregor Matvos’s Paper on Forbes

Editor Gregor Matvos’s paper, “The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct,” is featured on Forbes.com in a post by Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. The paper is co-authored with Mark Egan and former RCFS Editor Amit Seru. You can view the post online here.

Winners of the Cavalcade A-P Best Paper Awards

The winners of the SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific Best Paper Awards were announced at Cavalcade A-P last month. We are pleased to share the winners: Cavalcade Best Paper in Corporate Finance Sponsored by Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance “Credit, Labor, and Political Unrest: Evidence from 1930s China” Fabio Braggion, Alberto Manconi, and Haikun Zhu Prize: $1000 Cavalcade Best Paper in Asset Pricing Sponsored by WRDS “Leverage Network and Market Contagion” Jiangze Bian,… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade A-P Best Paper Awards

20th Annual Texas Finance Festival

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The 20th Annual Texas Finance Festival will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2018 at 2pm. The conference will take place April 19-21, 2018 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

Attention: SFS Cavalcade NA 2018 Program Committee Members

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If you are a member of the SFS Cavalcade North America 2018 Program Committee, please be aware that the reviewer assignments were sent out today. If you have not received your assignments, please contact cavalcadenorthamerica@sfs.org. Reviews are due by January 18, 2018.

Francesca Cornelli Named Fellow of the ECGI

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RFS Editor Francesca Cornelli has been named a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute. From the announcement by the London Business School: “The ECGI awards the title of Fellow to individuals who have demonstrated scientific excellence or other outstanding achievements in the area of corporate governance.” You can read the full announcement here.