The American Finance Association

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). …

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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 …

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Congratulations to Steve Kaplan for his selection as 2025 AFA Fellow.  Professor Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, corporate governance and …

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The American Finance Association has selected Tyler Muir as the 2025 recipient of the Fischer Black Prize. Tyler Muir is the Donnalisa ’86 and Bill Barnum Endowed Term Chair in Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management. His research interests include asset pricing, financial intermediaries, and financial crises. Before joining UCLA Anderson, Muir was on …

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