The American Finance Association

For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 48 days. 91.7% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

For the past 12 months: Median turnaround in 48 days. 91.2% of all decisions made within less than 100 days. More at this link: Editorial Statistics

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

Hans Stoll, AFA Fellow and Past President (1999), passed away on March 20th at the age of 80.  Hans joined the Vanderbilt Graduate School of Management in 1980, after a distinguished tenure at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he had been a faculty member since 1966.  Hans built the finance group …

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The paper submission site for the 2021 American Finance Association annual meeting is now closed. Papers were to be submitted through Conference Maker before Monday, March 16 at 3:00pm EST. There is no paper submission fee, but please note that (1) the submitting author must be an AFA member for the paper to be considered …

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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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