The Managing Editor’s Report for 2019/20 is available here. Some highlights include:
The Review of Finance congratulates the following award winners:
Pagano/Zechner award for the best non-investments paper
Spängler IQAM award for the best investments paper
China may soon become the world’s largest economy, but most academic research in top journals is based on U.S. data. The insights from papers on U.S. data may not automatically apply to China, since it has a unique set of institutional features, hence the need for research specific to China. … Read more...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious crisis. To understand its effects, and to guide policy responses, we need evidence. However, since the crisis is recent, we do not yet have enough data to understand its long-term effects; since some policy responses have not yet been tried, or have only recently been implemented, we are unable to assess their success. … Read more...
The pandemic of COVID-19 infections is causing substantial disruptions to daily life around the world. We are grateful to authors continuing to consider the RF as an outlet for their work during these disruptions. Our editors and referees reviewers are also affected by these disruptions.… Read more...
The lead article in Volume 23, Issue 6 of the Review of Finance is Governance Under the Gun: Spillover Effects of Hedge Fund Activism by Nickolay Gantchev, Oleg Gredil and Chotibhak Jotikasthira. This paper finds that the threat of hedge fund activism spurs non-targeted companies to improve profitability and valuations, increase payout, and reduce capital expenditure and cash holdings. … Read more...
The Rewiew of Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Marcin Kacperczyk as Editor for a three-year term starting in January 2020. He replaces Jules van Binsbergen whose term ends in December 2019. Jules has made superb contributions to the RF, not only in handling papers but also providing insights into broader journal strategy, and will continue in a new role of Advisory Editor after he steps down.… Read more...
The Managing Editor’s Report for 2018/9 is available here. Some highlights include:
The lead article in Volume 23, Issue 5 of the Review of Finance is Credit Market Competition and Liquidity Crises by Elena Carletti and Agnese Leonello. This paper finds that – contrary to common concerns – greater competition in the banking industry can reduce the risk of financial crises. … Read more...
The Review of Finance congratulates the following award winners:
Pagano/Zechner award for the best non-investments paper
Winner: Gene Amromin, Jennifer Huang, Clemens Sialm, Edward Zhong for Complex Mortgages (summary)
Runner-up: Han Kim, Ernst Maug, Christoph Schneider for Labor Representation in Governance as an Insurance Mechanisms (summary)
Finalists: