The American Finance Association (AFA) is the premier academic organization devoted to the study and promotion of knowledge about financial economics.
The AFA was planned at a meeting in December 1939 in Philadelphia. The first journal of the American Finance Association was calledAmerican Finance (link to first issue) and was published in 1942. The journal was renamed The Journal of Finance and became a regular serial journal in August 1946. Association membership has grown steadily over time. The AFA sponsors an annual meeting each January where the President speaks on a chosen topic and papers which cover the gamut of financial topics are presented. The Association hasofficers and a board of directors who assist in key decisions and a set of by laws governing those decisions.
Purpose of the AFA:
to provide for the mutual association of persons with an interest in finance
to improve public understanding of financial problems, and
to provide for the exchange of financial ideas through the distribution of a periodical and other media;
to encourage the study of finance in colleges and universities;
to conduct such other activities as may be appropriate for a non-profit, professional society in the field of finance.
