New RCFS Issue: March 2019
The new issue of RCFS, 8(1) March 2019, has published online. If you have a subscription, you can read the issue online. If you don’t have a subscription, you can still read the Editor’s Choice paper for free online!
RAPS Keynote Speaker
RAPS is pleased to announce that Maureen O’Hara (Cornell University) will be the RAPS Keynote Speaker at Cavalcade North America 2019. Professor O’Hara’s speech will take place Tuesday, May 21, at 3:45pm. For more details, please see the program on the Cavalcade web site once it is posted in March.
Decisions for Cavalcade NA 2019
The decisions for Cavalcade North America 2019 have been sent. The program and registration will be posted on the Cavalcade web site in March. We received 1221 submissions, which was a 6.9% increase over last year. The final program was highly selective, with an 11.1% acceptance rate. Congratulations to the authors selected for presentation at the conference!
Editor’s Choice: March
The Editor’s Choice paper for March 2019 (issue 8/1) is “Information: Hard and Soft” by José María Liberti and Mitchell A Petersen. You can read the article free online here.
Editor’s Choice 32(3)
The Editor’s Choice article for 32(3) is “Financing Entrepreneurial Production: Security Design with Flexible Information Acquisition” by Ming Yang and Yao Zeng. You can read the article free online.
SFS Cavalcade North America 2020 Winning Bid
The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to announce that the host of SFS Cavalcade North America 2020 will be the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The conference will be held May 25-28, 2020. Congratulations to UNC on their winning bid!
Book Your Hotel for Cavalcade North America 2019
Accommodations for Cavalcade North America 2019 are posted on the web site. The hotel blocks have expirations, with the first expiring on February 28 and the last expiring on April 23, so please be sure to book in advance.
Conference on Corporate Finance and Financial Intermediation
The Conference on Corporate Finance and Financial Intermediation will feature a dual submission option with RCFS. The deadline for paper submissions is March 1, 2019. The conference will take place June 3-4, 2019, in Hong Kong. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
Francesca Cornelli to be Dean of Kellogg School of Management
Congratulations are in order! RFS Editor Francesca Cornelli has been chosen as the new dean of Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. With her new role starting this summer, Francesca will be stepping down from her RFS editor role as of May 1. She will continue to handle submissions in process but will stop taking on new submissions at that time. We thank Francesca for her nearly five years of service… Read More »Francesca Cornelli to be Dean of Kellogg School of Management
Forthcoming Paper
“Interest Rates and Inflation Revisited” by Eugene F Fama