Forthcoming Paper
“Skilled Labor Risk and Corporate Policies” by Yue Qiu and Tracy Yue Wang
Paper Spotlight: Efficient Programs to Support Businesses During and After Lockdowns
The scale and scope of various government interventions around the globe in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak have been nothing short of staggering. Programs have come in different forms: guaranteed loans, equity injections, bank loans to SMEs that can be transformed into government-financed grants, etc. The actions taken in the initial stages of the outbreak, necessary to fight the economic fallout, are bound to generate major spillovers going forward.… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Efficient Programs to Support Businesses During and After Lockdowns
Editor’s Choice 10(1)
The Editor’s Choice paper for issue 10(1) is “Institutional Investors and Hedge Fund Activism” by Simi Kedia, Laura T. Starks, and Xianjue Wang. You can read the paper free online.
RAPS Keynote Speaker
The RAPS Cavalcade Keynote will be Eugene Fama (University of Chicago). This very special keynote will consist entirely of questions and answers. Please email your questions to Jeffrey Pontiff. The keynote will take place on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, from 3:45-4:30pm.
NBER-RFS Inequality, Discrimination, and the Financial System Conference
The program for the NBER-RFS Inequality, Discrimination, and the Financial System conference is now available. The conference, which featured a dual submission option with RFS, will take place online April 1-2, 2021. The RFS sponsoring editors are Gregor Matvos, Manju Puri, and Tarun Ramadorai. The conference will be live-streamed on NBER’s YouTube channel.
Marcin Kacperczyk Joining RAPS as Editor
We are pleased to announce that Marcin Kacperczyk will be joining the RAPS team as an Editor. His first day will be July 1, 2021. Marcin is a Professor of Finance at Imperial College London. Please join us in welcoming Marcin!
Forthcoming Paper
“When and Where Is It Cheaper to Issue Inflation-linked Debt?” by Andrey Ermolov
Decisions for SFS Cavalcade North America 2021
The decisions for SFS Cavalcade North America 2021 have been sent. If you did not receive your decision, please contact us. We received 1566 submissions. The final program was highly selective, with an 8.6% acceptance rate. If you selected dual submission with RAPS or RCFS, you will receive a separate decision email from the journal in the next few weeks.
Dual Submission Decisions for 3rd Future of Financial Information Conference
The dual submission decisions for the 3rd 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.
Postponed: SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific
SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific will be postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19. We thank the hosts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shenzhen Finance Institute, for their flexibility.