The Managing Editor’s Report for 2017/8 is available here. Some highlights include:

• The number of R&Rs has fallen substantially from 156 in 2015/16 to 87 in 2016/17 and 38 in 2017/18, consistent with our new policy of applying top-three standards
  • As a result, our backlog has also fallen substantially, reducing the time between acceptance and in-print publication.

The Review of Finance congratulates the following award winners:

Pagano/Zechner award for best non-investments paper

Winner: Patrick Bolton and Haizhou Huang for The Capital Structure of Nations (non-technical summary here)

Runner-up: Marianne Bertrand, Francis Kramarz, Antoinette Schoar, and David Thesmar for The Cost of Political Connections (non-technical summary here)

Finalists:

• Sophie A.

The RF is now introducing a 60-page limit (including appendices, bibliography, figures, and tables, but excluding internet appendices). This is for two reasons. First, an excessively long paper is likely to be less impactful. Second, refereeing an excessively long paper is demanding, and this helps ensure that the referee(s) have the capacity to review the manuscript diligently.… Read more...

The RF recognizes the importance of fast turnaround times, hence our second round up-or-out policy, commitment to avoid over-refereeing and respect author primacy,  and introducing payments for on-time reports (see http://revfin.org/editorial-policy/).  We recognize that fast turnaround times are particularly important for junior scholars.… Read more...

The Review of Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Cohn, Ian Dew-Becker, Cary Frydman, Cam Harvey, Cliff Holderness, Peter Koudijs, Jacob Sagi, David Solomon, and Lucy White as Associate Editors starting from January 2018. We thank the outgoing Associate Editors Christa Bouwman, Andrea Buraschi, Joost Driessen, Lorenzo Garlappi, Reint Gropp, Bart Lambrecht, Hong Liu, Jose-Luis Peydro Alcalde, and Liuren Wu for many years of distinguished service.… Read more...