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The AFA is hiring

The American Finance Association (AFA) seeks a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive Part-Time Director of Operations to support the ongoing operations and annual programming of the association. The Director of Operations serves as a key leadership role for the American Finance Association, reporting directly to the Executive Secretary and Treasurer. This part-time position is responsible …

Journal of Finance Webinar: 2024 Brattle Prize

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 …

AFA 2026 Annual Meeting Submissions – Closed

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). …

The AFA Board of Directors has voted to approve the following editorial teams:

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 …