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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:

  • RCFS Forthcoming Papers

    “Binding Say-on-Pay and Shareholder Value” by Alexander F. Wagner and Christoph Wenk

    “Non-Executive Directors at Early-Stage Startups” by Buvaneshwaran Venugopal and Vijay Yerramilli


  • RCFS Forthcoming Paper

    “Bank Competition and Bargaining over Refinancing” by Marina Emiris, Francois Koulischer, and Christophe Spaenjers


  • RCFS Dual Decisions

    The RCFS dual submission decisions for SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2024 have been sent. If you submitted your paper as a dual submission to RAPS and did not receive your decision email, please contact us.


See all RCFS news

Conference Announcements:

  • Call for Papers: The CUHK-RAPS-RCFS Conference on Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance

    Hong Kong, December 9-11, 2024

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School (CUHK Business School), the Review of Asset Pricing Studies (RAPS), and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS) invite paper submissions for a conference to be held at CUHK Business School in Hong Kong during December 9-11, 2024. The first one and a half days will comprise the Corporate Finance segment of the program, while the second one and a half days will comprise the Asset Pricing segment of the conference. The middle day could also comprise papers that span both areas, depending on submissions.

    Professor Franklin Allen, Professor of Economics and Finance and Executive Director of the Brevan Howard Centre at Imperial College London, and Professor Clemens Sialm, Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair in Finance, University of Texas at Austin, will deliver keynote addresses at the conference.

    Non-local presenting authors of selected papers and discussants will be offered reimbursement for travel. The reimbursement will be capped at USD 2,000 for those with country of primary affiliation in North America, Europe or Australia/New Zealand. For those with primary affiliation in Asia (except Hong Kong), travel reimbursement will be capped at USD 1,000. Accommodation will be provided by the organizers at the nearby Hyatt Regency hotel for a maximum of 4 nights (December 8-11).   

    PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit papers in PDF format (including abstract, authors’ affiliations and contact information) by uploading their papers to the following links: 

    https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13690697

    (for submissions to the CUHK-RAPS segment of the program)

    https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13690695

    (for submissions to the CUHK-RCFS segment of the program)

    The submission deadline is August 31, 2024.

    DUAL SUBMISSION OPTION: In the submission, authors should indicate if they wish their paper to be considered (at no extra fee) for publication by RAPS or RCFS under the Dual Submission Program. This is a “no-fault” submission option: if the journals review the paper and reject it, the authors may submit it to any SFS journal at a later date as if it was never submitted. See https://sfs.org/dualsubmissionpolicy/  for details. 

  • Call for Papers:  2nd Annual Conference on Market-Based Solutions for Reducing Wealth Inequality

    The Call for Papers for the 2nd Annual Conference on Market-Based Solutions for Reducing Wealth Inequality is now available. The conference, which features optional dual submission to RCFS, will take place April 25-26, 2024, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The submission deadline is  January 19, 2024.