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Winners Of The 2025 Best Paper Competitions
Economics Winners:
“When fixed costs should affect pricing”
Eric Schmidbauer University of Central Florida
Lan Zhang Shandong University
Finance Winners:
“The stock market reaction to bond refinancing issues with and without senior debt”
Axel Grossmann, Georgia Southern
Thanh Ngo, East Carolina University
Winners Of The 2025 Best PhD Papers Competitions
Economics Winner:
Population Age Structure and Institution Quality
Ahmed Adesete, University of Mississippi
Finance Winner:
Replicating the Replication Crisis of Seasonality’s – The Uncertainty Structure Hypothesis,”
Leonard Grebe, Technical University of Darmstadt.
Winners Of The 2025 Best Undergraduate Papers Competitions
“Rational Expectations in Housing Markets: The Case of Survey Forecasts”
Svetlana Doronkina, SUNY at New Paltz
AEF Governance
In its day-to-day operating policies the executive board is guided by a set of by-laws. The articles and sections of these by-laws correspond to the respective articles and sections of the constitution.
2025-2026 LEADERSHIP
President (2026)
Richard Lewin, Rollins College
President-Elect and Program Chair (2026)
James Malm, College of Charleston
Local Arrangements Chair (2026)
Russel. Triplett, University of North Florida
First Vice President and Outstanding Conference Papers Chair (2026)
Phyllis Keys (2025-26) – Morgan State University (MD)
Second Vice President and PhD Papers Competition Chair (2026)
Stephen Conroy University of San Diego
Undergraduate Papers Competition Coordinator (2026)
Brooke Conaway, Georgia College and State University
Treasurer (2026)
Richard Vogel, Farmingdale State College
Directors (End of Term)
Heather Bono (2025)-University of West Georgia (GA)
Brian Payne (2025) – University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)
Dave Jackson (2026) – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Xu Zhang (2026) – Farmingdale State College (NY)
Steve Nenninger (2027) – Sam Houston State University (TX)
Editors:
Journal of Economics and Finance
John Elder, Colorado State University
Journal of Economics and Finance Education
Marc Sardy, Rollins College
Academy of Economics and Finance Journal
Michael Toma, Georgia Southern University (Economics)
Nicholas Mangee, Georgia Southern University (Finance)
Academy of Economics and Finance: Papers and Proceedings (2026)
Michael Toma (Economics) Interim Co-Editor, Georgia Southern University
Nicholas Mangee (Finance) Interim Co-Editor, Georgia Southern University
Webmaster
Marc Sardy, Rollins College
Teacher Training Program Director
Jason Beck, Georgia Southern University
Mary Funck, Sam Houston State University
2025-2026 conference
Program Committee, 2025-2026 Meeting
James Malm, College of Charleston, S.C.
Local Arrangements Committee, 2025-2026 Meeting; Jacksonville , FL.
Chair, Russel. Triplett, University of North Florida.
Site Selection Committee, (2026 meeting) (appointed by President, four members, staggered terms):
Rick McGrath (2026, chair for 2022 meeting), Jason Beck (2029), Richard Lewin (2028), Nilesh Sah (2027), Dave Jackson (2026)
Teaching Fellow Committee, 2025 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):
Richard Vogel, Chair, Heather Bono (2029), Axel Grossman (2028), Meeghan Rogers (2026), Steve Nenninger (2027)
Research Fellow Committee, 2025 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):
Mary Kassis, Past President, Chair; Rodney Paul (2022), Steven Conroy (2023) and Adrian Austin (2024), Kabir Hassan (2025)
Service Fellow Committee, 2026 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):
Xu Zhang Chair; James Malm (2026), Mike McLain (2027), Marc Logrosso (2028), Joe Farhat (2029)
Nominating Committee, 2026 Meeting (President as Chair and two Past Presidents):
Chair; Richard Lewin, Brooke Conaway, Marc Sardy
Outstanding Papers Committee, 2026 Meeting
James Malm, First Vice President, Chair
Distinguished Ph.D. Paper Committee, 2026 Meeting
Steven Jones, Second Vice President, Chair
Teacher Training Program Committee, 2026 Meeting (appointed by President)
Jason Beck, Co-Chair; Mary Funck, Co-Chair