We are pleased to share that the RFS impact factor for 2019 has risen to 5.838 and the 5-year Impact Factor has risen to 9.358 (Clarivate, 2020). These results continue to be among the top ones in the field. OUP has granted temporary free access to some of RFS’s most cited papers.
“The Wisdom of Crowds in FinTech: Evidence from Initial Coin Offerings” by Tao Li, Donghwa Shin, and Jongsub Lee
Risk taking by banks has been discussed extensively by researchers and policy makers for many years, even preceding the Great Recession. Literature has focused on two mechanisms that alter banks’ risk-taking behavior: higher regulatory capital ratios and higher competition due to bank deregulation. But, how does a bank’s equity capital ratio interact with banking competition in their impact on risk taking? In a forthcoming RCFS paper, “Effect of the Equity Capital… Read More »Paper Spotlight: Effect of the Equity Capital Ratio on the Relationship between Competition and Bank Risk-Taking Behavior
Raman Uppal has completed his term as Council Chair. Raman has long been dedicated to the SFS and its journals. He previously served as an SFS Council Member, an RFS editor, a RAPS editor, and a RAPS associate editor. We are so grateful to Raman for all he has done for the Society. Renee Adams will be the new Council Chair. Renee has been on the… Read More »Council Changes
We are pleased to share that Hui Chen has been renewed for a second term as an editor. We are grateful to Nikolai Roussanov and Thierry Foucault, who have completed their terms as editors. Thierry has been with RAPs since 2016 and previously served as an associate editor. Nick has been with RAPS since 2018. We thank them for their service. We welcome Zhiguo He and Marcin Kacperczyk to the team as… Read More »Editorial Team Changes
We are pleased to share that Andrew Ellul has been renewed for another 3-year term as Executive Editor and Isil Erel has been renewed for a second term as an editor. We are grateful to Uday Rajan, who has completed his second term as an editor. Uday has been with RCFS since 2015 and we are so thankful to him for his dedication. We welcome Robert Marquez to the team… Read More »Editorial Team Changes
We are pleased to share that Itay Goldstein has been renewed for another 3-year term as Executive Editor and Ralph Koijen has been renewed for a second term as an editor. We are grateful to our retiring associate editors: Dimitris Papanikolaou Kenneth Ahern Zhi Da Vyacheslav Fos Kai Li Nadya Malenko Veronika Pool Alexi Savov Michela Verardo and welcome our incoming associate editors: Jaroslav Borovicka (New York University) Laurent Fresard (University of Lugano) Cary Frydman (University of Southern California)… Read More »Editorial Team Changes
The video of Amir Sufi’s keynote presentation, “A Goldilocks Theory of Fiscal Policy,” at Cavalcade North America 2021 can now be viewed on the Cavalcade web site.
The video of Eugene Fama’s keynote presentation at Cavalcade North America 2021 can now be viewed on the Cavalcade web site. This keynote was a special Q&A session hosted by RAPS Executive Editor Jeffrey Pontiff.
Videos of the keynotes from Cavalcade North America 2021 are now available on the Cavalcade web site. Our thanks to the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy for preparing and hosting the videos. Videos from the paper presentations will be linked on the website soon. Cavalcade Keynote: “Epidemics, Crises, and Beliefs” by Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley) RCFS Keynote: “A Goldilocks Theory of Fiscal Policy” by Amir Sufi (University of Chicago)… Read More »Cavalcade Keynote Videos Now Available
