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Publications
The Journal of FINANCE

2011 Impact Factor 4.218
The Journal of Finance publishes leading research across all the major fields of financial economics. It is one of the most widely cited academic journals in economics ranking third (behind the Journal of Economic Literature and the Quarterly Journal of Economics) in five-year impact factor and third in total citations (behind the American Economic Review and Econometrica).
How Wise Are Crowds? Insights from Retail Orders and Stock Returns
- Author(s): ERIC K. KELLEY, PAUL C. TETLOCK
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Can Time‐Varying Risk of Rare Disasters Explain Aggregate Stock Market Volatility?
- Author(s): JESSICA A. WACHTER
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Value and Momentum Everywhere
- Author(s): CLIFFORD S. ASNESS, TOBIAS J. MOSKOWITZ, LASSE HEJE PEDERSEN
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Reverse Survivorship Bias
- Author(s): JUHANI T. LINNAINMAA
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Equilibrium Subprime Lending
- Author(s): IGOR MAKAROV, GUILLAUME PLANTIN
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Author(s): VIKRANT VIG
- Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)
Forthcoming Articles
Trading Complex Assets
- Author(s): Bruce Ian Carlin, Shimon Kogan, Richard Lowery
The TIPS—Treasury Bond Puzzle*
- Author(s): Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis A. Longstaff, Hanno Lustig
Taxes, Theft, and Firm Performance
- Author(s): Maxim Mironov
A Model of Shadow Banking
- Author(s): Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny
Organization Capital and the Cross‐Section of Expected Returns
- Author(s): ANDREA L. EISFELDT, DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU
Events
Special Issue on Corporate Governance in China
- Date: December 17, 2012 - June 30, 2013
- Location: N/A
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Journal of Corporate Finance “Corporate Governance in China” OVERVIEW: China will soon...
Bicentenary Meeting (in collaboration with the Journal of Banking and Finance)
- Date: December 17, 2012 - September 21, 2013
- Location: Lecce (Italy)
On the occasion of its bicentenary, the Italian Academy of Management (AIDEA) organizes a conference in accounting,...
Call for papers for a special issue of International Finance Review
- Date: December 29, 2012 - May 29, 2013
- Location: Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK
Call for Papers “Global Banking, Financial Markets and Crises” (A special issue of International Finance Review) Due date:...
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Finance Manager
- Salary: $114,103 - $138,693 per year
- Location: San Francisco, CA
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Financial Analyst 2
- Location: Reno, NV
Responsible for design, development and maintenance of reporting systems with supporting subsystems to satisfy current and...
Director, Education
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
The GRI Risk Education Strategy is focused on deepening the understanding of integrative risk topics, issues and emerging...
Top Articles:
- Top 25 Cited Articles (past 8 years)
- Top 50 Cited Articles (all-time)
- Top Read Articles (of 2012)
- Three Nobel Prize Winning Papers
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