The Review of Financial Studies aims to publish research of the highest quality in the field of financial economics, broadly defined. RFS will review papers on the basis of their original contribution to the field of financial economics.
Editors
Tarun Ramadorai: LSE and Imperial College London (Executive Editor)
Viral Acharya: New York University
Xavier Giroud: Columbia Business School
Andrey Malenko: Boston College
Anna Pavlova: London Business School
Clemens Sialm: The University of Texas at Austin
Jessica Wachter: University of Pennsylvania
News from RFS
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RFS Editor Update
We are grateful to Gregor Matvos, who retired as an Editor on February 1, 2026. Gregor has been an RFS Editor since 2020 and previously served as an Editor of RCFS. We thank him for his service to our journals.
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RFS Forthcoming Paper
“The covenant-defeasance option in corporate bonds” by Carsten Bienz, Zsuzsanna Fluck, and Karin S. Thorburn
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RFS Forthcoming Paper
“What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences” by Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay, and Hanbin Yang
Conference Announcements
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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
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SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2025
Tsinghua PBC School of Finance
December 5-7, 2025
https://sfs.org/sfs-cavalcade-asia-pacific-2025/