The keynote presentations from SFS Cavalcade North America 2022 are posted on the Cavalcade website: Cavalcade Keynote “Intangible Capital” Andrea Eisfeldt (UCLA) Review of Corporate Finance Studies Keynote “Cross-Subsidies in Household Finance” Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London) Review of Asset Pricing Studies Keynote “COVID-19 and the Principles of Economics” Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon University)
“The Effect of Innovation Similarity on Asset Prices: Evidence from Patents’ Big Data” by Ron Bekkerman, Eliezer M. Fich, and Natalya Khimich
The gender pay gap is one glaring example of discrimination. Some states, though, have adopted salary history bans to limit the perpetuation of previous discrimination. In the presence of salary history bans, employers cannot request and utilize a job candidate’s previous salary information. However, such bans have a possible unintended consequence: preventing potential employers from being able to observe worker productivity—that is, blocking… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Hidden Performance: Salary History Bans and the Gender Pay Gap
RCFS Executive Editor Andrew Ellul was interviewed for the Publishing in Finance: Fireside Chats with Journal Editors webinar series. The interviewers were Lea Stern (University of Washington) and Elena Simintzi (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The video is available to watch online – simply click here and scroll to May 18, 2022, Session 3.
RAPS Executive Editor Zhiguo He was interviewed for the Publishing in Finance: Fireside Chats with Journal Editors webinar series. The interviewers were Anastassia Fedyk (University of California-Berkeley) and Sophie Shive (University of Notre Dame). The video is available to watch online – simply click here and scroll to May 12, 2022, Session 2.
The dual submission decisions for the 4th Future of Financial Information Conference have been sent. If you submitted your paper as a dual submission and did not receive your decision email, please contact us.
Wealth inequality has significantly widened in the U.S. over the last few decades. One way that wealth is built is through homeownership. Expanding homeownership among low-income and minority groups is seen as an important public policy in the U.S. to tackle the wealth gap. But how important is homeownership in tackling wealth inequality? Ashleigh Eldemire, Kimberly F. Luchtenberg, and Matthew M. Wynter… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Does Homeownership Reduce Wealth Disparities for Low-Income and Minority Households?
The winners of the annual RAPS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on May 23 as part of the SFS Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “The Sound of Many Funds Rebalancing” Alex Chinco and Vyacheslav Fos Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Yoshio Nozawa Prize: $1000 Rising Scholar Award “Disagreement after News: Gradual Information Diffusion or Differences of Opinion?” Anastassia Fedyk Prize: $5000 Congratulations to all our… Read More »Winners of the RAPS Awards
The winners of the annual RCFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on May 23 as part of the SFS Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “Wages and Firm Performance: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis” Paige Ouimet and Elena Simintzi Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Jessica Jeffers Prize: $1000 Rising Scholar Award (tie) Michael D. Wittry for “Crisis Poison Pills” by Ofer Eldar and Michael D.… Read More »Winners of the RCFS Awards
The winners of the annual RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on May 23 as part of the SFS Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “CAPM-Based Company (Mis)valuations” Olivier Dessaint, Jacques Olivier, Clemens A Otto, and David Thesmar Prize: $10,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up “Climate Change and Long-Run Discount Rates: Evidence from Real Estate” Stefano Giglio, Matteo Maggiori, Krishna Rao, Johannes Stroebel, and Andreas Weber Prize: $5000 Referee… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards
