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Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

The winners of the SFS Cavalcade North America 2022 Best Paper Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on May 23. The Cavalcade Chairs nominated a group of candidates that were then voted on by a committee of Session Chairs. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper in Corporate Finance “CEO Compensation: Evidence From the Field” Alex Edmans, Tom Gosling, and Dirk Jenter Prize: $1000 Best Paper in Asset Pricing… Read More »Winners of the Cavalcade Best Paper Awards

New Issue: June 35(6)

The June issue of RFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Finance and Beyond” by Josh Lerner and Amit Seru

New Issue: June 12(2)

The June issue of RAPS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Active and Passive Investing: Understanding Samuelson’s Dictum” Nicolae Gârleanu, Lasse Heje Pedersen

CSEF-RCFS Conference on Finance, Labor, and Inequality

The program for the CSEF-RCFS Conference on Finance, Labor, and Inequality is now available on the conference website. The conference will take place June 17-18, 2022, at the Mario Cacace Multimedia Center in Anacapri (Capri), Italy.

Paper Spotlight: The Disparate Effect of Nudges on Minority Groups

Nudges have long been recognized as devices that can influence individuals to take positive actions. Because they are relatively cheap to implement, effective nudges can be a useful policy tool. But can nudges lead to or even exacerbate differences in outcomes across different groups of people? In “The Disparate Effect of Nudges on Minority Groups,” Maya Haran Rosen and Orly Sade explore this question in the context of the Savings… Read More »Paper Spotlight: The Disparate Effect of Nudges on Minority Groups

Final Day to Register for the Cavalcade

Today is the final day to register for SFS Cavalcade North America 2022 at UNC Chapel Hill! Please make sure you complete your registration today. The conference will begin Sunday, May 22.

Paper Spotlight: What’s Good for Women Is Good for Science: Evidence from the American Finance Association

The reasons that can explain the very important issue of gender disparities in labor market outcomes are still quite nebulous. To remove such disparities we need first to understand the sources of women’s differential labor market outcomes. Differences in human capital have been found lacking in explaining observed differences. Recent developments in the literature point to three potential factors: gender differences in preferences, structure of work that can differentially impact… Read More »Paper Spotlight: What’s Good for Women Is Good for Science: Evidence from the American Finance Association

Forthcoming Paper

“Credit Environment and Small Business Dynamics: Evidence from Establishment-Level Data” by Chen Lin, Mingzhu Tai, and Wensi Xie

Forthcoming Paper

“How Do Investors and Firms React to a Large, Unexpected Currency Appreciation Shock?” by Matthias Efing, Rudiger Fahlenbrach, Christoph Herpfer, and Philipp Krueger

Paper Spotlight: Optimal Capital Structure with Imperfect Competition

Why do firms in the same industry often have different leverage levels? In their paper “Optimal Capital Structure with Imperfect Competition,” Egor Matveyev and Alexei Zhdanov show that strategic interaction alone can generate this difference. The authors first exhibit a theoretical model in which two ex ante identical firms are deciding when to enter an industry and also how much debt to issue. The product price depends both on the… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Optimal Capital Structure with Imperfect Competition