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 of attending our 2024 Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 5-7, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. Find additional details on the Annual Meeting page of the AFA website.
The AFA is excited to announce a new association journal, the Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives. The Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives’ objective is to publish leading research across all the major fields of financial research that are of the same quality and importance as those in the Journal of Finance. The journal publishes four issues per year containing articles on a broad range of topics. The second issue in June every year is dedicated to Perspectives, while the other issues contain Insights articles.
Insights articles are shorter original research papers where their key insight can be conveyed succinctly. Perspectives articles synthesize lessons learned from active lines of research and outline future research directions that are ripe for inquiry. Perspectives articles are either stand-alone articles or part of a collection of a symposium containing several articles on a common topic. Symposia will offer complementary perspectives on a common topic from a diverse set of authors.
The journal will limit the length of published papers. Manuscripts without exhibits may not exceed 7,000 words. Each exhibit reduces the maximum allowance by 200 words (e.g., a manuscript with 5 exhibits has a maximum of 6,000 words). The maximum number of exhibits (figures or tables) is five. These guidelines apply to both Insights and Perspectives articles.
The first editorial response after submission will be either a reject decision or a “conditional acceptance” that limits expositional changes. The objective of this quick turnaround is to reduce the ex ante uncertainty about potential publication and to limit the number of revisions.
The inaugural Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives journal will be Ralph Koijen of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (effective September 1, 2023). Dr. Koijen will be joined by co-editors Paola Sapienza (Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business) and Johannes Stroebel (New York University Stern School of Business). The editorial team will invite an Advisory Board to provide comments, feedback, and suggestions on the direction of the new journal. Also, there will be a Board of Editors with Associate Editors who will assist in the editorial process. The Journal of Finance: Insights and Perspectives will accept submissions beginning September 1, 2023. Comments or questions can be directed to the AFA at admin@afajof.org.
The 2024 American Finance Association Annual Meeting Submission website is now closed. The deadline to submit a paper was 3:00pm ET on Wednesday, March 15.
Please see additional information on the Annual Meeting page of this website.
It is with regret and sadness that we inform the membership that on March 2, former AFA President Ed Kane passed away at the age of 88.
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