The American Finance Association

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Jim Van Horne on Monday, September 1, at the age of 90. Jim was the A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking and Finance, Emeritus at Stanford GSB. He served as President of the American Finance Association in 1984 and was also a Fellow of the …

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As announced at the 2025 AFA meetings, Urban Jermann (Wharton) will step down as JF editor on July 1, 2025 and Adi Sunderam (HBS) will be replacing him. Manuscripts submitted before July 1st 2025 that are assigned to Urban will continue to be handled by him. In addition, Urban Jermann will still be handling R&Rs …

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Please submit your paper/poster by July 31. In 2026, 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 2026 Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 3-5, 2026 in …

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The AFA Annual Meeting Paper Submission Website is now open. The submission deadline is Monday, March 17th 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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