The American Finance Association

Stefan Nagel presented the Journal of Finance Editor Report for 2019 at the AFA Meetings today. The slides with Editorial Statistics and Journal of Finance Best Paper award winners are available here

For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 49 days. 89.9% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 50 days. 89.2% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

The Executive Committee of the AFA is pleased to announce the position of AFA Ombudsperson (Ombuds).  The position will be held by Francine Montemurro, who has over 20 years’ experience as a practicing Ombuds. Francine can be reached at ombuds@afajof.org. Learn more about the AFA Ombuds here.

The AFA announced the selection of Jon Ingersoll as a member of the AFA Society of Fellows at the annual meeting in San Diego. Jonathan E. Ingersoll Jr. is the Adrian C. Israel Professor Emeritus of International Trade and Finance at the Yale School of Management.  Professor Ingersoll specializes in multiperiod models of asset valuation, …

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Congratulations to the officers and directors elected in the AFA 2019 election: President: Kenneth Singleton, President Elect and 2021 Program Chair: John Graham, Vice President: Laura Starks, Directors: Ralph Koijen, Gordon Phillips, Manju Puri

The 2019 AFA elections are currently underway. All regular members of the AFA were sent an email with a link to candidate bios and a ballot. If you did not receive your ballot, please email Noelle MacDonald at nmacdonald@wiley.com. Note: Student Members and Worldwide Directory of Finance members without a paid membership are not eligible …

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