The American Finance Association

We hope you will join us on May 7 at 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) for a one-hour webinar of the 2025 First Prize Brattle Group Prize winning paper: Julia Fonseca and Lu Liu for Mortgage Lock‐In, Mobility, and Labor Reallocation. The webinar will be hosted by Thomas Philippon, Editor of the Journal of Finance, and Shastri …

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New Journal of Finance Referee Honorarium Policy (Effective April 1, 2026): Referees who submit reports certified by the Editor as both on-time and high-quality are eligible for a $250 honorarium. To simplify administration and ensure timely processing, reviewers are required to select their preferred compensation method at the time they accept an invitation to review. The official …

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The AFA Annual Meeting Paper Submission Website is now closed. The submission deadline was Monday, March 16th at 3:00 PM (ET). There is no paper submission fee. Please note that (1) the submitting author must be an AFA member and (2) you may only submit one paper (although you can be a coauthor on other submitted papers). …

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The AFA Board of Directors has approved a new award for researchers who completed their PhD no more than 6 years ago. The Future of Finance Award will recognize those who have written a paper that is both innovative and creative, and that challenges existing approaches in financial economics. These criteria include novel methodology (including …

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