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Welcome to the homepage of The American Finance Association (AFA): the premier academic organization devoted to the study and promotion of knowledge about financial economics.

Executive Secretary and Treasurer

Effective July 1, 2013, the AFA Executive Secretary and Treasurer (EST) will be James Schallheim, the Jake Garn Professor of Finance at the University of Utah. Jim’s appointment as EST was approved unanimously by the AFA Board of Directors, and the... read more

2012 AFA election results:

Robert Stambaugh was elected President, Luigi Zingales was elected President-Elect and 2014 Program Chair, and Patrick Bolton was elected Vice President. In addition, Jonathan Berk, Francesca Cornelli, and Ivo Welch were elected as Directors. read more

Welcome to the AFA website

We are delighted to present the re-launch of our website, www.afajof.org. The new site has a dynamic contemporary design, improved navigation, greater functionality and even richer content. If you are a registered user, you can simply log into our... read more

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Publications

The Journal of FINANCE

The Journal of Finance

2011 Impact Factor 4.218

The Journal of Finance publishes leading research across all the major fields of financial economics. It is one of the most widely cited academic journals in economics ranking third (behind the Journal of Economic Literature and the Quarterly Journal of Economics) in five-year impact factor and third in total citations (behind the American Economic Review and Econometrica).

How Wise Are Crowds? Insights from Retail Orders and Stock Returns

  • Author(s): ERIC K. KELLEY, PAUL C. TETLOCK
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

Can Time‐Varying Risk of Rare Disasters Explain Aggregate Stock Market Volatility?

  • Author(s): JESSICA A. WACHTER
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

Value and Momentum Everywhere

  • Author(s): CLIFFORD S. ASNESS, TOBIAS J. MOSKOWITZ, LASSE HEJE PEDERSEN
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

Reverse Survivorship Bias

  • Author(s): JUHANI T. LINNAINMAA
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

Equilibrium Subprime Lending

  • Author(s): IGOR MAKAROV, GUILLAUME PLANTIN
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

  • Author(s): VIKRANT VIG
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 3 (June 2013)

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Forthcoming Articles

Trading Complex Assets

  • Author(s): Bruce Ian Carlin, Shimon Kogan, Richard Lowery

The TIPS—Treasury Bond Puzzle*

  • Author(s): Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis A. Longstaff, Hanno Lustig

Taxes, Theft, and Firm Performance

  • Author(s): Maxim Mironov

A Model of Shadow Banking

  • Author(s): Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny

Organization Capital and the Cross‐Section of Expected Returns

  • Author(s): ANDREA L. EISFELDT, DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU

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Events

Special Issue on Corporate Governance in China

  • Date: December 17, 2012 - June 30, 2013
  • Location: N/A

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Journal of Corporate Finance “Corporate Governance in China” OVERVIEW: China will soon...

Bicentenary Meeting (in collaboration with the Journal of Banking and Finance)

  • Date: December 17, 2012 - September 21, 2013
  • Location: Lecce (Italy)

On the occasion of its bicentenary, the Italian Academy of Management (AIDEA) organizes a conference in accounting,...

Call for papers for a special issue of International Finance Review

  • Date: December 29, 2012 - May 29, 2013
  • Location: Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK

Call for Papers “Global Banking, Financial Markets and Crises” (A special issue of International Finance Review) Due date:...

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Careers in Finance

Risk Analyst

  • Location: Minnetonka, MN

Responsibilities: • Producing, developing, and enhancing internal and external risk reports. • Ad hoc risk and data...

Finance Manager

  • Salary: $114,103 - $138,693 per year
  • Location: San Francisco, CA

ABOUT THE DISTRICT The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (District) is a regional government agency, committed to...

Financial Analyst 2

  • Location: Reno, NV

Responsible for design, development and maintenance of reporting systems with supporting subsystems to satisfy current and...

Director, Education

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario

The GRI Risk Education Strategy is focused on deepening the understanding of integrative risk topics, issues and emerging...

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