''The Journal of Finance'' is a

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published by

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on behalf of the

American Finance Association The American Finance Association (AFA) is an academic organization whose focus is the study and promotion of knowledge of financial economics. It was formed in 1939. Its main publication, the '' Journal of Finance'', was first published in 1946. ...

. It was established in 1946 and is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

Antoinette Schoar Antoinette Schoar is a German-American economist, currently the Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Education and career Schoar received her Diploma in Economics from the ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 7.544. It is listed as one of the 50 journals used by the ''

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'' to compile its business-school research ranking and ''

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''s Top 20 Journals.

Editors

The

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of the journal of finance consists of the editor, co-editors and associate editors. The executive editor is Antoinette Schoar ( MIT), the first female in the position. The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Awards

Each year the associate editors vote for the best papers published in the journal. The Smith Breeden Prize is awarded for the best finance papers and the Brattle Prize for the best

corporate finance Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and analysis used to all ...

research papers.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of Finance, The Finance journals Publications established in 1946 Wiley-Blackwell academic journals Bimonthly journals English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies