Society for Financial Studies

May 20, 2011:

The Society for Financial Studies Annual Meeting will take place on June 21 at 5pm at the La Fonda on the Plaza hotel (100 E. San Francisco St.) at the Western Finance Association meetings in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  At the meeting, the membership will vote on two issues.  First, there will be an election of officers for the SFS.  The nominating committee has proposed Kenneth Singleton for President and Matthew Spiegel for Vice President.  Second, there will be an election of editors for the Review of Financial Studies.  David Hirshleifer has been nominated for Executive Editor. This notice is in accordance with our by-laws which require notification to our membership of upcoming votes.

February 8 , 2011:

Effective July 1, David Hirshleifer will assume the role of Executive Editor at the Review of Financial Studies . Dr. Hirshleifer is a Professor of Finance and Merage Chair in Business Growth, at the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine, and has a long-standing history with the RFS . We are confident he will do an excellent job and wish him every success!

January 25, 2011:

The 2011 SFS Finance Cavalcade will be held on May 23-27, 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Register by May 9 to receive the early registration fee of $60. Please register at: https://editorialexpress.com/cavalcade/ .

December 12, 2010:

The 2011 SFS Finance Cavalcade is now accepting submissions! This five day event will combine the best of a small conference along with the benefits of a large one. Current plans call for 30 papers with six presentations per day. This will allow enough time for authors to present a paper's details and for a thorough audience discussion. With five days available papers will also cover a wide variety of topics. In short there should be some set of days with articles close to your own research interests!

September 14, 2010:

The SFS is pleased to announce the hosts for the 2011 and 2012 Finance Cavalcade! The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has kindly agreed to host the 2011 conference and the University of Virginia the 2012 conference.

Everyone associated with the SFS has been heartened by the number of bids that we received and the enthusiasm the profession has shown for this endeavor. We are sure this will translate in a very successful meeting next year and the years to come. For those interested in hosting future Finance Cavalcades next summer we hope to solicit bids for the 2013 conference.

August 4, 2010:

Next year the SFS will launch its first ever week long Finance Cavalcade. Our goal is to provide a setting that produces the kind of participation you see at smaller conferences but yet accommodates the variety of papers you find at the larger ones. As currently envisioned the conference will run from Monday May 23 to Friday May 27. The early days will be devoted to corporate finance papers and the latter ones to those in asset pricing. This conference is a joint project of the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Corporate Finance Studies, and the Review of Asset Pricing Studies. We are now soliciting bids from schools that are interested in acting as hosts. At a minimum, bids must include classroom commitments for the entire week as well as projectors and other equipment necessary to facilitate presentations. If you are interested in either submitting a proposal or obtaining additional information contact either Matthew Spiegel , Paolo Fulghieri , or Wayne Ferson .