The American Finance Association

This post provides answers to a number of questions that the JF editors have received about the recent withdrawal of an accepted article in the JF: https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.13164 Why a withdrawal and not a retraction? Retractions are for articles that have been formally published in their version of record. A retracted article stays online, but with …

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For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 47 days. 90.8% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 49 days. 90.8% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

Please submit your paper/poster by July 31. In 2025, the AFA will again plan to host a PhD Student Poster Session. Travel Grants will be provided to PhD students with a paper in the AFA PhD Student Poster Session to defray the costs of attending our 2025 Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 3-5, 2025 in …

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We hope you will join us on June 20 at 11am EST for a webinar of the 2023, First Prize, Dimensional Fund Advisors Prize winning paper: Nicolas Crouzet and Janice Eberly for Rents and Intangible Capital: A Q+ Framework The webinar will be hosted by Jonathan Lewellen, Co-Editor of the Journal of Finance, and representatives …

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Former AFA President (1992) Michael Jensen passed away on April 2, 2024. A prolific scholar, Professor Jensen was also the co-founder of the Journal of Financial Economics. He is best known for his work on agency theory. His seminal paper, Theory of Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was written in 1976 with William H. Meckling …

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On May 14 from 11am- 12pm EST the Journal of Finance will host a webinar of the 2023, First Prize, Brattle Group Prize winning paper: Daniel Paravisini, Veronica Rappoport, Philipp Schnabl for Specialization in Bank Lending: Evidence from Exporting Firms The webinar will be hosted by Antoinette Schoar, Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance, …

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