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Ownership and Corporate Financial Policy: Separating Causation from Correlation

[This is another of a series of editorials by Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi at the Review of Financial Studies featuring recently published papers at the journal. This editorial features “The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Payout Policy: Evidence from Index Thresholds” by Rice University’s Alan Crane and James Weston and DePaul University’s Sébastien Michenaud, an article in Issue 29(6) for June 2016. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article… Read More »Ownership and Corporate Financial Policy: Separating Causation from Correlation

Editor’s Choice: July

The Editor’s Choice article for July 2016 (issue 29/7) is “Loan Originations and Defaults in the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Middle Classs” by Manuel Adelino, Antoinette Schoar, and Felipe Severino. You can read the article free online here.  

Announcing the Associate Chair for Cavalcade 2017

We are happy to announce that the Associate Chair for Cavalcade 2017 will be Antoinette Schoar from MIT. Professor Schoar will join Chair Heitor Almeida (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Vice Chair Amir Yaron (University of Pennsylvania) on the team.

New RAPS Issue: June 2016

The new issue of RAPS 6(1) June 2016 has published online. If you have a subscription, you can view the issue online here. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still view the Editor’s Choice article for free online!

Latest Forthcoming Papers

“Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad and “Smart Buyers” by Samuel Lee and Mike Burkart

Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

The winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Cavalcade Best Paper in Corporate Finance “Leverage, Labor Market Size, and Employee Pay” Timothy Dore and Rebecca Zarutskie Prize: $1000 Cavalcade Best Paper in Asset Pricing “Capital Requirements and Asset Prices” Georgy Chabakauri and Brandon Yueyang Han Prize: $1000 The Arthur… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

Winners of the RCFS Awards

The winners of the RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Best Paper Award “Do Consumers Choose the Right Credit Contracts?” Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Chunlin Liu, and Nicholas S. Souleles Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Mara Faccio Prize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners! For past award history, please visit our Awards… Read More »Winners of the RCFS Awards

Winners of the RFS Awards

The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Distinguished Referee Award  Kenneth Ahern, Ing-Haw Cheng, Ran Duchin, Charles Hadlock, Victoria Ivashina, Justin Murfin, Alexi Savov, and Denis Sosyura Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “The Real Effects of Hedge Fund Activism: Productivity, Asset Allocation, and Labor Outcomes” Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Hyunseob Kim Prize: $20,000 Michael J. Brennan… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards

Editor Renewals

David Denis and Itay Goldstein have been appointed to second terms as RFS editors.