The American Finance Association

Please submit your paper/poster by July 31. In 2027, 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 2027 Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 3-5, 2027 in …

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The following authors were selected as the inaugural recipients of the AFA Future of Finance Award for their papers listed below which will be presented in a Special Session at the 2027 AFA Annual Meeting. The Future of Finance Award and Special Session recognizes those who have written a paper that is both innovative and …

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Renee Adams and Michelle Lowry were awarded the Denis Gromb Award for Outstanding Citizenship in Financial Economics, awarded by the Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), in recognition of their founding of AFFECT (Academic Female Finance Committee). AFFECT is a subcommittee of the American Finance Association, which promotes gender equality in academic finance through research, mentoring, …

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With the rapid advancement of generative AI tools and their increasing use in finance research, fundamental questions are emerging about how research will be conducted and assessed going forward. Perspectives vary widely. Some emphasize the pace of technological progress and the possibility that AI could play an increasingly central role in the research process. Others …

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