The ''Review of Finance'' is a bimonthly

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covering all aspects of

financial economics Financial economics, also known as finance, is the branch of economics characterized by a "concentration on monetary activities", in which "money of one type or another is likely to appear on ''both sides'' of a trade".William F. Sharpe"Financial ...

. It is published by

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and is the official journal of the

European Finance Association The European Finance Association (EFA) is a professional association of more than 2,000 professionals and financial economists involved in the high-level research, study, teaching, and practice of finance. The association was founded in 1974 and h ...

. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Marcin Kacperczyk (

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

History

The journal was established in 2003 with Marco Pagano and

Josef Zechner Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura, and is the only company in Japan spe ...

as founding editors-in-chief.

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief: *Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London; 2023–present) *

Alex Edmans Alex Edmans is professor of finance at London Business School and the current Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College. Since 2017 he has been the Managing Editor of the Review of Finance, the leading academic finance jo ...

(

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

; 2017–2022) *

Franklin Allen Franklin Allen, (born 6 March 1956) is a British economist and academic. Since 2014, he has been professor of finance and economics, and executive director of the Brevan Howard Centre at Imperial College London. He was the Nippon Life Prof ...

(Imperial College London; 2012–May 2017) *Josef Zechner (

Vienna University of Economics and Business The Vienna University of Economics and Business (german: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, WU) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria, the largest university focusing on business, management and economics in Europe. It has been ranked a ...

; 2003–2011) *Marco Pagano (

University of Naples Federico II The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

; 2003–2011)

Reception

The journal is in the top 50 on the list of academic journals in business compiled by the ''

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''. According to the ''

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'', it had a 2021

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of 5.059.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Awards

The journal awards two annual best paper prizes. The "IQAM Prize" is awarded to the best investments paper published in the journal over the past year, and the "Pagano and Zechner Prize" is awarded to the best non-investments paper. The journal also awards three Distinguished Referee Awards. The winners are announced at the

conference in August as well as on its website.

References

External links

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