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
“Conversational Disagreement: Evidence from Reddit Threads” by Swaminathan Balasubramaniam and Jorge Sabat Andres
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Final Day to Submit
Today is the final day to submit to the RAPS/RCFS Europe Conference in Cambridge. Submit here!
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Winners of the RCFS Awards
The winners of the annual RCFS Awards were announced at SFS Cavalcade North America 2026. We are pleased to share the winners:
Best Paper Award
“Human Capital Reallocation across Firms: Evidence from Idiosyncratic Shocks”
Erik P Gilje, Jérôme P Taillard, and Linghang Zeng
Prize: $10,000Referee of the Year
Umit Gurun
Prize: $1000Best Registered Report
“Generative AI’s Impact on Student Achievement and Implications for Worker Productivity”
Sarit Weisburd, Naomi Hausman, and Oren Rigbi
Prize: $5000Congratulations to all our award winners!
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