Guest Editors
Evgeny Lyandres, Tel Aviv University, Israel
lyandres@tauex.tau.ac.il
Paul Momtaz, Technical University of Munch, Germany
momtaz@tum.de
Daniel Rabetti, National University of Singapore, Singapore
rabetti@nus.edu.sg
Silvio Vismara, University of Bergamo, Italy
silvio.vismara@unibg.it
Overview
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue of the Review of Corporate Finance focused on the theme of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). This special issue aims to explore the transformative potential of DeFi and its role as the future of finance. Decentralized finance utilizes blockchain technology to create open and transparent financial systems that operate independently of traditional intermediaries such as banks and financial institutions. Decentralized finance has gained significant traction in recent years, attracting billions of dollars in investments and reshaping the financial landscape. Instead of relying on centralized authorities, DeFi leverages decentralized networks, smart contracts, and digital assets to offer a range of innovative financial applications. This special issue aims to delve into the reasons behind the rapid growth and widespread adoption of DeFi and its implications for the future of the financial industry.
Potential topics
Topics that the guest editors welcome are the following (but not limited to):
● Blockchain technology innovations in DeFi
● Decentralized lending and borrowing platforms
● Decentralized exchanges
● Automated market making
● Liquidity provision mechanisms
● Governance models in decentralized finance
● Security and privacy challenges in DeFi ecosystems
● Regulatory implications and legal frameworks for DeFi
● Stablecoins and their role in decentralized finance
● Economic models and incentives in DeFi ecosystems
● AI applications in DeFi, and AI agents
About RCF
RCF is published by Now Publishers. Now publishes papers as Green OA: articles are published under the terms of a non-commercial Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You can use the work in subsequent material (e.g., develop or reprint it in a book) as long as you cite the original work. It allows you to maintain your work in open access, which is consistent with most granting body requirements.
RCF prints papers in hard and soft copies. The first issue has just been published - online here:
https://www.nowpublishers.com/RCF
In addition to the official page at Now Publishers, the editors maintain a personal journal page, which has details on the scope of the journal, editors and associate editors, forthcoming papers and associated conferences:
https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/home?authuser=0
Google Scholar Citation Performance of RCF https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=shXUEEEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=3 are as follows (as at February 7, 2024):
Total citations to papers in RCF: 910
Citations to papers after they were published in 2021, 2022, 2023, or forthcoming in 2024: 828
Number of papers published in 2021-2023: 52
Number of forthcoming papers in 2024: 18
Cites / Doc for all papers after they were published or forthcoming, 2021-2024: 11.83
Submission
Submissions to the special issue should be submitted online at https://rcf.manuscriptmanager.net/. Inquiries can be sent electronically to silvio.vismara@unibg.it. The submission deadline is October 31, 2024.
All submissions will be subject to the standard review process followed by the Review of Corporate Finance. All manuscripts must be original, unpublished works that are not concurrently under review for publication elsewhere.
A Paper Development Workshop will be organized within the Entrepreneurial Finance (ENTFIN) Conference to be held on June 10-11, 2024, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Authors interested in presenting their paper at the conference should send the paper in a complete (including author information) and a blind PDF-version to office.entfin@mgt.tum.de by February 28, 2024.
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2024