Forthcoming Paper
“How should a Firm Go Public? A Dynamic Model of the Choice Between Fixed-Price Offerings and Auctions in IPOs and Privatizations” by Thomas J. Chemmanur and Mark H. Liu
Rising Scholar Award
RCFS is pleased to announce the addition of the Rising Scholar Award. Authors are eligible for the prize if no author on the submitted paper received either their current academic appointment or most recent Ph.D. more than 6 years prior to when the paper was submitted to RCFS. For more information, visit Rising Scholar.
Submission Fees for Dual Submission Papers
Please be advised of our new policy regarding dual submission papers. If your dual submission paper is invited to continue the submission process with the journal, the submission fee will be waived for the first round of submission to the journal. If there are subsequent rounds of submission, the standard submission fee will be required. This differs from our prior policy in which the fees were waived for dual submission… Read More »Submission Fees for Dual Submission Papers
RFS Paper on CNBC
“Equity Vesting and Investment,” which published in RFS issue 30(7), was referred to on CNBC on June 19 in a segment with SEC commissioner Robert Jackson. The paper’s authors are Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang, and Katharina A. Lewellen. The video is available to view online. This paper is an Editor’s Choice selection, which means you may also read the paper for free online.
New Editor Appointment
The RFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Ralph Koijen as an editor of the Review, beginning September 1, 2018. Ralph is a Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. Please join us in welcoming Ralph to his new role.
15th Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association
The 15th Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association will feature a dual submission option with RAPS and RCFS. The deadline for paper submissions is August 31, 2018. The conference will take place December 8 and 9, 2018, at the Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.
Citation Impact Factor for RCFS
Our publisher, Oxford University Press, has computed the 2017 Citation Impact Factor for RCFS. If RCFS were indexed by ISI, it would have an Impact Factor of 1.625.
RFS Impact Factor and Highly-Cited Papers
RFS is pleased to share that our latest impact factor has risen to 4.270. Our publisher, Oxford University Press, has curated an online collection of highly-cited articles, which you can read for free on their web site.
Forthcoming Paper
“Shareholder Bargaining Power, Debt Overhang, and Investment” by Emmanuel Alanis, Sudheer Chava, and Praveen Kumar
In Memoriam
We at the RFS were saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Peter Christoffersen of the University of Toronto. Peter was an Associate Editor of the RFS from 2012-2015, and a valued member of the Society for Financial Studies. We extend our sympathies to his wife, Professor Susan Christoffersen, and his family. Rotman has created an In Memoriam page, which may be viewed here.