Final Week to Submit to SFS Cavalcade North America
This is the final week to submit your paper for consideration for SFS Cavalcade North America 2021. The deadline for submissions is December 10, 2020.
RCFS Winter Conference Paper Submissions
The submission period for papers for the RCFS Winter Conference is closed. The submission period for registered reports is open until December 21.
Paper Spotlight: Short-termism, Managerial Talent, and Firm Value
Are managers too myopic, relative to what shareholders would want? In a forthcoming RCFS paper, “Short-termism, Managerial Talent, and Firm Value,” Richard Thakor provides a theoretical model in which the answer is “no,” with a surprising twist: In the model, managers prefer long-term projects, because it allows talented managers to earn higher rents. However, to reduce managerial rents, the firm may induce a manager to invest in a short-term project,… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Short-termism, Managerial Talent, and Firm Value
Last Call for Paper Submissions: RCFS Winter Conference
The final day to submit papers to the RCFS Winter Conference is December 1, 2020. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RCFS, will take place virtually on February 13 and 14, 2021. The sponsoring editors are Andrew Ellul, Isil Erel, Camelia Kuhnen, and Uday Rajan. The submission deadline for Registered Reports on Discrimination, Disparities, and Diversity in Finance is December 21, 2020.
ECGI Corporations and COVID-19 Conference
The Call for Papers for the ECGI Corporations and COVID-19 conference is now available. The conference, which features a dual submission option with RCFS and RFS, will have an online workshop on June 17, 2021, and a conference at the University of Oxford on June 2, 2022. The RCFS sponsoring editor is Andrew Ellul and the RFS sponsoring editors are Itay Goldstein and Holger Mueller. The submission deadline is April… Read More »ECGI Corporations and COVID-19 Conference
Forthcoming Paper
“Disagreement after News: Gradual Information Diffusion or Differences of Opinion?” by Anastassia Fedyk
Paper Spotlight: Wages and Firm Performance: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis
We are living through a pandemic-induced recession that has slashed many firms’ cash flows with a consequent negative impact on both employment and wage levels. Firms, fighting for survival, will be pressed to cut costs, and wages are an important budget line for the vast majority of firms. At the same time, workers are important assets for firms’ survival and prosperity. What are the effects of paying higher wages on… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Wages and Firm Performance: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis
Special Issue: COVID-19 and Financial Markets
RAPS has published a bonus issue to address research on the COVID-19 pandemic. This issue, 10(4) December 2020, features an introduction by Lars Peter Hansen. The entire issue is free to read online.
Forthcoming Paper
“Efficient Programs to Support Businesses during Crises” by Thomas Philippon
Editor’s Choice 33(12)
The Editor’s Choice article for 33(12) is “The Deregulation of the Private Equity Markets and the Decline in IPOs” by Michael Ewens and Joan Farre-Mensa. You can read the paper free online.