The American Finance Association

We hope you will join us on May 20 at 11am EST for a one-hour webinar of the 2024 First Prize Brattle Group Prize winning paper: Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko, and Ernst Maug for Trading and Shareholder Democracy. The webinar will be hosted by Thomas Philippon, Editor of the Journal of Finance, and the representatives of …

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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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Journal of Finance (effective July 1, 2025) Executive Editor: Antoinette Schoar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Co-Editors: Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jonathan Lewellen (Dartmouth College), Thomas Philippon (New York University), Adi Sunderam (Harvard University) Journal of Finance: Insights & Perspectives (effective January 1, 2025) Executive Editor: Janice Eberly (Northwestern University) Co-Editors: Valentin Haddad (University …

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Congratulations to Steve Kaplan for his selection as 2025 AFA Fellow.  Professor Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, corporate governance and …

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