Latest Forthcoming Paper
“How Does Corporate Investment Respond to Increased Entry Threat” by Laurent Fresard and Philip Valta
Upcoming Editor Change
The RFS congratulates Professor Stefan Nagel, who has been appointed as the new Editor of the Journal of Finance. We thank Professor Nagel for his service as a co-editor of the Review and we wish him the best in his new role. Professor Nagel will no longer be taking on new submissions beginning yesterday, December 1, 2015. He will continue to handle submissions that are currently in process. If you have any… Read More »Upcoming Editor Change
Cavalcade 2016 Submission Deadline Approaching
There is only one week left to submit your paper to Cavalcade 2016! The deadline for submissions is December 7, 2015. To submit, visit Cavalcade 2016.
18th Annual Texas Finance Festival
The 18th Annual Texas Finance Festival will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Itay Goldstein. The deadline for paper submission is January 15, 2016. The conference will take place April 28-30, 2016. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
New Editor Appointment
The RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Stijn van Nieuwerburgh as an editor of the Review, beginning January 1, 2016. Stijn is Professor of Finance, Yamaichi Faculty Fellow, and Director of the Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research at the Stern School of Business at NYU. Please join us in welcoming Stijn to his new role.
Upcoming Editor Change
The RFS would like to thank Professor Leonid Kogan, whose term as editor of the Review is ending December 31, 2015. We wish Leonid all the best with his new endeavors.
SFS Cavalcade is the Best Large Finance Conference
A new paper by Sebastian Reinartz and Daniel Urban ranks 45 finance conferences based on subsequent success of papers presented at those conferences in getting published in top journals. They find that 62% of SFS Cavalcade papers were subsequently published in the top 3 finance journals, compared to 40% for the AFA, 28% for the WFA, 21% for FIRS, and 21% for the EFA. Thus, they conclude that “the Society… Read More »SFS Cavalcade is the Best Large Finance Conference
Editor’s Choice: December
The Editor’s Choice article for December 2015 (issue 28/12) is “Active Ownership” by Elroy Dimson, Oğuzhan Karakaş, and Xi Li. You can read the article free online here.
Submission Period for Cavalcade 2016 is Now Open!
The Cavalcade 2016 submission period is now open. To submit, please visit Cavalcade 2016. The deadline for submissions is December 7, 2015. Dual Submission: The Cavalcade features dual submission with The Review of Asset Pricing Studies and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. Details are available at Cavalcade 2016. Reminder for doctoral students: For papers in which ALL co-authors are doctoral students, the submission fee is waived.
Cavalcade 2017 Winning Bid
The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to announce that the host of Cavalcade 2017 will be Vanderbilt University’s Financial Markets Research Center at the Owen Graduate School of Management. Congratulations to Vanderbilt on their winning bid!