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Celebrating the 5-year Anniversary of the Cavalcade

At the 2015 Cavalcade, the SFS presented President Matthew Spiegel with a plaque celebrating the 5-year anniversary of the conference. The plaque was presented by Cavalcade Chair Wei Jiang. We are grateful to Professor Spiegel for his role in pioneering the Cavalcade. We also extend our thanks to the conference chairs, host schools, reviewers, presenters, and participants who have been an integral part in the Cavalcade conferences. Thank you from the… Read More »Celebrating the 5-year Anniversary of the Cavalcade

Editor’s Choice: August

The Editor’s Choice article for August 2015 (issue 28/8) is “Shareholder Voting and Corporate Governance Around the World” by Peter Iliev, Karl V. Lins, Darius P. Miller, and Lukas Roth. You can read the article free online here.

Itay Goldstein in MarketWatch

RFS Editor Itay Goldstein’s research is referenced in a MarketWatch piece titled, “Fed says stress test models will stay a secret.” Read the article online here.

Executive Editor Blog: Can We Always Invest Like Mr. Spock, and Not Homer Simpson?

A new installment of Andrew Karolyi’s Executive Editor blog is now available. This month’s feature, “Can We Always Invest Like Mr. Spock, and Not Homer Simpson?” examines “Confusion of Confusions: A Test of the Disposition Effect and Momentum” by Justin Birru. Visit the RFS Executive Editor Blog to read the post.

Can We Always Invest Like Mr. Spock, and Not Homer Simpson?

[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 “Confusion of Confusions: A Test of the Disposition Effect and Momentum” by The Ohio State University’s Justin Birru, an article in Issue 28(7) for July 2015. It was selected as an Editor’s Choice article on the Oxford University Press web site… Read More »Can We Always Invest Like Mr. Spock, and Not Homer Simpson?

Associate Editor Changes

Beginning today, July 1, RFS welcomes the following Associate Editors: Hui Chen, Todd Gormley, Zhiguo He, Gerard Hoberg, Victoria Ivashina, Dirk Jenter, Amiyatosh Purnanandam, and Paul Tetlock. We thank our retiring Associate Editors: Peter Christoffersen, Mariassunta Giannetti, Eitan Goldman, John Griffin, Wei Jiang, Simi Kedia, and Berk Sensoy.

Cavalcade 2017 Now Accepting Bids

The Society for Financial Studies will be accepting bids for Cavalcade 2017 beginning July 1, 2015. The bid period will run through October 1, 2015. For more information, please visit Cavalcade 2017.

Editor’s Choice: July

The Editor’s Choice article for July 2015 (issue 28/7) is “Confusion of Confusions: A Test of the Disposition Effect and Momentum” by Justin Birru. You can read the article free online here.

Latest Forthcoming Paper

“A Theory of Capital Structure, Price Impact, and Long-Run Stock Returns under Heterogeneous Beliefs” by Onur Bayar, Thomas J. Chemmanur, and Mark H.  Liu

Andrew Karolyi in Financial Times

RFS Executive Editor Andrew Karolyi’s paper is featured on the Financial Times Alphaville blog in a post titled, “The mysterious decline in the number of US public companies.” Read the blog post online here.