American Finance Association
The American Finance Association (AFA) is a scientific society dedicated to the study and advancement of financial knowledge. The current president of the AFA is Campbell Harvey.
history
The association was planned at a meeting in Philadelphia in December 1939 . The American Finance Association's first journal was called American Finance and published in 1942. The magazine was renamed The Journal of Finance in August 1946 and appeared in regular issues from then on. Today the AFA has over 8,000 members.
President
Purpose, goals
The goal of the American Finance Association is to:
- promote the association of people with an interest in finance,
- improve public understanding of financial problems,
- promoting the exchange of financial ideas through the distribution of periodicals and other media,
- encouragement to study finance at colleges and universities ,
- conducting other activities as well as it is appropriate for a professional non-profit organization in the field of finance.
Annual meeting
An annual meeting is held in January in association with the American Economic Association and the North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society as part of the Allied Social Sciences Association . The President of the AFA speaks about a chosen topic and various financial research contributions are presented. The AFA and Western Finance Association Meetings are considered two of the most important general finance conferences in the world.
The last annual meetings included:
- 2012: Chicago, Illinois
- 2011: Denver, Colorado
- 2010: Atlanta, Georgia
- 2009: San Francisco, California,
- 2008: New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2007: Chicago, Illinois
- 2006: Boston, Massachusetts
Prizes and awards
The organization awards the following prizes and awards:
Fischer Black Prize
- See also the Fischer Black Prize
Every two years the association awards the Fischer Black Prize at its annual meeting , named after the economist Fischer Black , in recognition of an outstanding young academic whose original research has made a significant contribution to the field of public finance.
Brattle prices
The Brattle Prizes are awarded annually at the AFA's annual meeting for excellent research articles on corporate finance .
Smith Breeden Awards
Every year, at its annual meeting, the AFA awards the Smith Breeden Awards to the three best articles in the Journal of Finance in every area except corporate finance.
Morgan Stanley-AFA Award for Excellence in Finance
Starting in 2008, the AFA presents the Morgan Stanley-AFA Award for Excellence in Finance every two years for the intellectual pioneering work of a person in the field of finance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ American Finance Association: About the Association (English); Accessed: December 24, 2012. ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ By Laws of The American Finance Association ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 136 kB), accessed February 21, 2012
- ↑ American Finance Association: Past Meetings (English); Accessed: December 24, 2012 ( Memento from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ American Finance Association: Prizes and Awards (English); Accessed: December 24, 2012. ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Fischer Black Prize ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ American Finance Association: Morgan Stanley-AFA Award for Excellence in Finance (English); Accessed: December 24, 2012. ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
