Future of Finance Award planned for 2027 Annual Meetings
The AFA Board of Directors has approved a new prize 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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Inaugural Rick Green Prize awarded to Indira Puri
The AFA is pleased to congratulate Indira Puri, the inaugural recipient of the Rick Green Prize, for her paper “Simplicity and Risk”, published in the April 2025 issue of the Journal of Finance. Indira Puri is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and a Faculty Affiliate in the NYU …
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Congratulations to the 2025 Journal of Finance Prize Winners
Dimensional Fund Advisors Prize Brattle Group Prize
Jay Ritter selected as new AFA Fellow
The American Finance Association is pleased to announce that Professor Jay Ritter has been named the 2026 Fellow of the American Finance Association, one of the Association’s highest honors recognizing individuals who have made distinguished and lasting contributions to the field of finance. Professor Ritter earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees from the University …