
American Finance Association
American Finance Association 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 called American Finance and was published in 1942. The journal was renamed The Journal of Finance and became a regular serial journal in August 1946 when Association dues were $3 a year. Association membership has grown steadily over time. Today the AFA has over 8,000 members and dues are $40 a year. 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.