We are pleased to announce that Cornerstone Research has pledged to continue their support for the Referee of the Year and Distinguished Referee Awards for 2016. The Review of Financial Studies is grateful to Cornerstone Research, who have been supporting these awards since 2010. The awards will be presented at Cavalcade 2016. To see past award winners, visit RFS Awards.
Cavalcade 2016 will feature special presentations from both the Review of Asset Pricing Studies and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies. The RAPS presentation will take place on Monday, May 16, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “The Impact of Hedge Funds on Asset Markets” by Mathias S. Kruttli, Andrew J. Patton, and Tarun Ramadorai. The RCFS presentation will take place Tuesday, May 17, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad.
Cavalcade 2016 will feature a special presentation from the Review of Asset Pricing Studies on Monday, May 16, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “The Impact of Hedge Funds on Asset Markets” by Mathias S. Kruttli, Andrew J. Patton, and Tarun Ramadorai.
Have you registered for Cavalcade 2016? Everyone who plans to attend–including presenting authors, co-authors, discussants, session chairs, doctoral students, and University of Toronto faculty–must register at the Cavalcade 2016 web site.
The Editor’s Choice article for May 2016 (issue 29/5) is “Rare Booms and Disasters in a Multisector Endowment Economy” by Jerry Tsai and Jessica A. Wachter. You can read the article free online here.
Today is the last day to book the SFS room block at the Hyatt (while availability remains). Information about accommodations is on the Cavalcade 2016 web site.
RFS Editor Robin Greenwood’s research was featured in the Chicago Tribune in a piece titled, “Those tiny fees make your financial adviser rich.” Read the article online here.
RFS Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi’s working paper, “The US Listing Gap,” co-authored with Craig Doidge and René Stulz, was featured in The Financial Times in a piece titled, “IPO market decrepit as going public loses its allure.” Read the article online here.
Today is the last day for early registration for Cavalcade 2016. Registration fees increase tomorrow, April 1. Register online at Cavalcade 2016.
Best Paper “Managerial Activeness and Mutual Fund Performance” Hitesh Doshi, Redouane Elkamhi and Mikhail Simutin $10,000 Referee of the Year Sang Byung $1000
