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Review of Corporate Finance Studies

The Review of Corporate Finance Studies aims to publish research of the highest quality in the field of corporate finance, broadly defined. RCFS will review papers on the basis of their original contribution to the field of corporate finance.


Editors

Isil Erel: The Ohio State University (Executive Editor)
Anthony Cookson: University of Colorado at Boulder
Michelle Lowry: Drexel University
Robert Marquez: UC Davis


News from RCFS:

  • Call for Papers: Conference on Technology, Financial Services, and Evolving Societal Needs

    The Call for Papers for the Conference on Technology, Financial Services, and Evolving Societal Needs is now available. The conference is organized by The University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the WFA Center for Finance and Accounting Research, The University of North Carolina, Centre for Economic Policy Research, and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. 

    The conference, which features optional dual submission for a Special Issue of RCFS, will take place September 4–5, 2026, at the School of Business, Economics, and Law, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

    The submission deadline is March 15, 2026.


  • RAPS/RCFS Best Paper Award Winner 

    The winner of the RAPS/RCFS 2026 Jackson Hole Finance Group Conference Best Paper Award is “A Trilemma for Asset Demand Estimation” by William Fuchs, Satoshi Fukuda, and Daniel Neuhann. Congratulations! The $1000 prize is sponsored by the SFS.


  • RCFS Forthcoming Paper

    “The Contrarian Bias of Incentivizing Learning” by Spyros Terovitis


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Conference Announcements:

  • SFS Cavalcade North America 2026

    Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
    May 18-21, 2026

    Submission deadline: December 11, 2025

    Cavalcade website

  • RCFS Winter Conference 2026

    February 13-15, 2026 (Presidents’ Day weekend)
    Royal Sonesta, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Regular papers: November 18, 2025 (11:59:59pm PDT) Call for Papers

    Registered Reports on “Global and Emerging Markets in Finance”: December 1, 2025 (11:59:59pm PDT) Call for Registered Reports