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Paper Spotlight: Agency Conflicts and Investment: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

            Agency problems between managers and shareholders affect both investment and capital structure decisions at firms. In “Agency Conflicts and Investment: Evidence from a Structural Estimation,” Redouane Elkamhi, Daniel Kim, Chanik Jo, and Marco Salerno develop and structurally estimate a dynamic model to understand the real and financial implications of such agency problems. The manager in the model is pulled into two different directions. On… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Agency Conflicts and Investment: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

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“Small Rebalanced Portfolios Often Beat the Market Over Long Horizons” by Adam Farago and Erik Hjalmarsson

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“In Search of Habitat” by Xuanjuan Chen, Zhenzhen Sun, Tong Yao, and Tong Yu

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“Competing for Deal Flow in Local Mortgage Markets” by Darren James Aiello, Mark Garmaise, and Gabriel Natividad

Editorial Team Update

We are grateful to Marcin Kacperczyk, who is retiring as an Editor of RAPS. We wish Marcin all the best in his new role as Managing Editor of the Review of Finance beginning in January 2023.

Invitation to Bid: SFS Cavalcade

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The Society for Financial Studies invites bids to host future Cavalcades. We are currently accepting bids for 2024-2026. Please see the Invitation to Bid. Deadline to submit bids: September 15, 2022.

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“Deposit Insurance Premiums and Bank Risk” by Edward T. Kim and Marcelo Rezende

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“Cheaper Is Not Better: On the ‘Superior’ Performance of High-Fee Mutual Funds” by Jinfei Sheng, Mikhail Simutin, and Terry Zhang

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Paper Spotlight: Do Security Analysts Discipline Credit Rating Agencies?

            Credit ratings agencies are important players in financial markets and they could contribute to efficient resource allocations through information generation. Often, though, expectations of this positive impact are not met in reality because of well-documented biases that credit rating agencies suffer from. Such issues can be due to revolving doors, home biases, and political beliefs of credit analysts. These biases can ultimately have a… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Do Security Analysts Discipline Credit Rating Agencies?