Alex Edmans’ second term as RF Managing Editor ends in December 2022; several years ago the Editors voted to introduce a two-term limit on all editors to ensure that the RF has fresh ideas. We wanted to start the succession planning early to ensure a smooth transition and that the successor is on-board with any new policies or appointments to the editorial board in Alex’s final 18 months.… Read more...
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We have made some changes to our Privacy Policy. These changes further clarify your rights with regards to the personal data we hold, and explain more fully our lawful basis for processing personal data. This update does not signify any change in the way we store or process personal data.… Read more...
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Harvey and Hirshleifer (2020) highlight how current norms are for journals to often follow the “Union Heuristic” – require authors to follow all referee suggestions and all referees to sign off for a paper to be published. They argue that this heuristic may lead to (a) innovative research not being published; (b) excessive paper length; (c) wasted author effort on analyses that add little value; and (d) burdens on referees, as papers are rejected at late rounds and then have to start the process again with new referees.… Read more...
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The Review of Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Brian Melzer, Jacopo Ponticelli, and Rick Townsend as Associate Editors, to start a three-year term commencing in January 2021. We thank Peter Koudijs, Jacob Sagi, and Lucy White, whose terms come to an end in December, for their service.… Read more...
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The RF is introducing a Privacy Policy, which will apply from 2 November 2020. This is in order to provide you with more information about how we use any personal information we may hold on you, and also to ensure our continued compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).… Read more...
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The RF is changing its email address to [email protected]. This change is taking place with immediate effect, so please add us to your email address book to ensure you receive any communications from us.… Read more...
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The Review of Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Daniel Paravisini and Chris Parsons as Editors, to start a three-year term commencing in January 2021. We thank Amiyatosh Purnanandam and Kelly Shue, whose terms come to an end in December, for their outstanding service to the RF, both in handling individual papers and contributing to overall journal strategy.… Read more...
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The Managing Editor’s Report for 2019/20 is available here. Some highlights include:
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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
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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...
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