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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).

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)

Uncovering Hedge Fund Skill from the Portfolio Holdings They Hide

  • Author(s): VIKAS AGARWAL, WEI JIANG, YUEHUA TANG, BAOZHONG YANG
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 2 (April 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)

Divisional Managers and Internal Capital Markets

  • Author(s): RAN DUCHIN, DENIS SOSYURA
  • Published on: Volume 68 Issue 2 (April 2013)

Financial Regulation, Financial Globalization, and the Synchronization of Economic Activity

  • Author(s): SEBNEM KALEMLI‐OZCAN, ELIAS PAPAIOANNOU, JOSÉ‐LUIS PEYDRÓ
  • 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

Investment Analyst, Oil & Gas...

  • Location: Los Angeles, CA

About Capital Research Company Capital Research Company (CRC) is a research subsidiary of Capital Research & Management...

Investment Analyst, Asian Equities

  • Location: Los Angeles, CA

About Capital Research Company Capital Research Company (CRC) is a research subsidiary of Capital Research & Management...

Risk Analyst

  • Location: Minnetonka, MN

Responsibilities: • Use quantitative skills and economic/financial intuition to identify and monitor risks across all portfolios...

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...

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