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: Penn State University
Michelle Lowry: Drexel University
Robert Marquez: UC Davis
News from RCFS:
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RCFS Forthcoming
“A Secondary-Market Test of Private Credit Markets: The ‘Bright Side’ Versus the ‘Dark Side’ of Relationship Lending” by Allen N. Berger, Jiarui (Jerry) Guo, Stephen A. Karolyi, and Leili Pour Rostami
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RCFS Forthcoming
“Patent Thickets and Mergers and Acquisitions” by Logan Emery and Michael Woeppel
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New RCFS Issue 15(3)
The August issue of RCFS has published! The Editor’s Choice paper is: “Where Do Banks End and NBFIs Begin?” by Viral V. Acharya, Nicola Cetorelli, and Bruce Tuckman
Conference Announcements:
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Call for Papers: RAPS/RCFS Europe Conference in Cambridge
Following a successful inaugural conference in 2025, the Society for Financial Studies is hosting the RAPS/RCFS Europe Conference in Cambridge on September 22, 2026. There will be dual track sessions in Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance with a keynote by Xavier Giroud (Columbia Business School). The conference organizers are Isil Erel, Zhiguo He, and Constantine Yannelis. The conference will feature optional dual submission to RAPS or RCFS.
The deadline to submit is June 1, 2026. For more, please see the conference website and the Call for Papers.
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SFS Cavalcade North America 2026
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
May 18-21, 2026Submission deadline: December 11, 2025