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Associate Editors

We welcome the following associate editors to the RCFS team: Heitor Almeida (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Jonathan Cohn (University of Texas at Austin) Sudipto Dasgupta (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Elena Loutskina (University of Virginia) Andrey Malenko (University of Michigan) Paige Oiumet (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Giorgia Piacentino (Columbia University) Adriano Rampini (Duke University) Martin Schmalz (University of Oxford).

Editorial Team Updates

Dimitri Vayanos and Clemens Sialm have been renewed for 3-year terms as associate editors. We thank Pietro Veronesi, who is retiring as an associate editor.

Editorial Team Changes

We extend our gratitude to Philip Strahan and Stijn Van Niewerburgh, who are retiring as editors of RFS. Phil has been an editor since 2014 and Stijn since 2016. Both previously served as associate editors. We thank them for their service to the journal. We are pleased to share that Lauren Cohen has been renewed for another 3-year term as an editor. We are also grateful to our retiring associate… Read More »Editorial Team Changes

Stefano Giglio Joining the RFS Team

We are pleased to announce that Stefano Giglio will be joining RFS as an editor. Stefano is a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, an NBER Research Associate, and a CEPR Research Affiliate, and previously served as an associate editor of RFS. His first day will be July 1.

Introducing the Prior Review Process

The Review of Corporate Finance Studies is introducing a Prior Review Process. The goal of such review process is to help the editors arrive at a quick and informed decision on a paper based on feedback received by the authors from previous submissions. A paper is eligible for this optional review process if it was previously submitted to a few select journals. Starting on June 1, 2020, when you submit… Read More »Introducing the Prior Review Process

Editor Update

RCFS extends our gratitude to retiring editor Gregor Matvos. Gregor has been an editor with RCFS since 2016. We thank him for his service.

Forthcoming Paper

“Brand Equity, Earnings Management, and Financial Reporting Irregularities” by Ghada Ismail, Fariz Huseynov, Pankaj  K. Jain, and Thomas H. McInish

Winners of the RFS Awards

The winners of the annual RFS Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 26 as part of the Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “Credit Supply and the Rise in College Tuition: Evidence from the Expansion in Federal Student Aid Programs” David O. Lucca, Taylor Nadauld, and Karen Shen Prize: $10,000 Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up  “The Value of Offshore Secrets:… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards

Winners of the RAPS Awards

The winners of the annual RAPS Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 26 as part of the Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “A Fresh Look at Return Predictability Using a More Efficient Estimator” Travis Johnson Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Svetlana Bryzgalova Prize: $1000 Rising Scholar Award “Quantitative Easing and Equity Prices: Evidence from the ETF Program of the Bank of Japan” Andrea… Read More »Winners of the RAPS Awards

Winners of the RCFS Awards

The winners of the annual RCFS Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 26 as part of the Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award “Deposit Insurance, Bank Risk-Taking, and Failures: Evidence from Early Twentieth-Century State Deposit Insurance Systems” Felipe Aldunate Prize: $10,000 Referee of the Year Chotibhak Jotikasthira Prize: $1000 For the first time ever, RCFS awarded the Rising Scholar Award, which is… Read More »Winners of the RCFS Awards