Review of Financial Studies

Review of Financial Studies is a monthly journal for research in the field of finance.

Background

After discussions on an appropriate publication for research in the field of Finance Michael Brennan, George Constantinides, Jon Ingersoll, Chester Spatt, and Joseph Williams in 1986 initiated the founding of a new journal. To this end, the Society for Financial Studies founded the following year as a non-profit organization that took over the editorship of the Journal and Oxford University Press became the publishing house. Brennan became the first chief editor of the magazine, whose first issue was published in 1988.

Reception

The magazine, which veröfftlicht both theoretical and empirical work, became in the years to become one of the most important organs of publication in the field of research in the public finance area. In 2010 she climbed for the first time the first rank in the Journal Citation Reports of the Science Citation Index database for the Business / Finance category. The magazine ranking VHB- JOUR QUAL 2.1 ( 2011) classifies the magazine into the best category A .

Michael Brennan Award

Every year, the magazine in cooperation with the asset management company BlackRock a prize for the best contribution within one year. The title holder is determined by the publisher Board and receives $ 20,000 in prize money. Formerly the prize money was donated by Barclays Global Investors.