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 A retracted article stays online, but with …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

The AFA 2024 Annual Meeting will be held January 5-7, 2024 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) in San Antonio, Texas.

As we work to finalize key details for the forthcoming AFA journal, the Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives, we have decided to postpone the date for accepting submissions. We will announce a new start date for submissions shortly. We are also delighted to announce that Arvind Krishnamurthy (Stanford GSB) will be joining the editorial team alongside …

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It is with great sadness that we inform the membership that, AFA Past-President and Nobel-Prize winner, Harry Markowitz passed away on Thursday, June 22, at the age of 95. Dr. Markowitz is considered to be the father of modern portfolio theory which is taught in many finance courses today. He served as the President of …

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Please submit your paper/poster by July 31. In 2024, the AFA will again plan to host a PhD Student Poster Session. Unlike prior years, where students were nominated for Travel Grants independent of the poster session, the AFA has repurposed those funds to help PhD students, with an accepted research poster, to defray the costs …

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