{"id":148,"date":"2020-05-10T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdberg.org\/AEF\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:31:48","slug":"aef-home-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/economics-finance.org\/AEF\/aef-home-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AEF Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"148\" class=\"elementor elementor-148\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-570ecae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"570ecae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2722cb\" data-id=\"f2722cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ffd88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20ffd88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/economics-finance.org\/AEF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wave2.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d8099e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d8099e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d23bc0\" data-id=\"9d23bc0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a2de31 elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"9a2de31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-underline e--animation-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-9a2de31\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-173\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economics-finance.org\/AEF\/aef-home-page-2\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-174\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economics-finance.org\/AEF\/conference\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Conference<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-product menu-item-2557\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economics-finance.org\/AEF\/product\/j-anderson-davis-luncheon\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">J. 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some pictures from our Atlanta, Charleston and Pensacola conferences<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57a9e03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57a9e03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd5eaf4\" data-id=\"bd5eaf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23683ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23683ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Economics Winners:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>&#8220;When fixed costs should affect pricing\u201d<br \/>Eric Schmidbauer<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">\u00a0University of Central Florida<\/span><\/p><p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">Lan Zhang <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem; text-align: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.27px;\">Shandong University<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-edf9f83\" data-id=\"edf9f83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6087f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6087f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Finance Winners:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u201c<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: inherit;\"><b>The stock market reaction to bond refinancing issues with and without senior debt\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><b>Axel Grossmann, <\/b>Georgia Southern<\/p><p><b>Thanh Ngo, <\/b>East Carolina University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23aad3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23aad3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners Of The 2025 Best PhD Papers Competitions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a72aeaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a72aeaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e2729a\" data-id=\"3e2729a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b49cd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b49cd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Economics Winner:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><b>Population Age Structure and Institution Quality<\/b><\/p><p><b>Ahmed Adesete, <\/b>University of Mississippi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a7bf46\" data-id=\"9a7bf46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1a463 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e1a463\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Finance Winner:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Replicating the Replication Crisis of Seasonality\u2019s\u00a0&#8211; The Uncertainty Structure Hypothesis,&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Leonard Grebe<\/strong>, Technical University of Darmstadt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594cace elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"594cace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners Of The 2025 Best Undergraduate Papers Competitions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d9f007 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d9f007\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ee55cf\" data-id=\"3ee55cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1868871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1868871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Governance<\/h3><p>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.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economics-finance.org\/AEF_ByLawsUpdated_16_Feb_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">By Laws<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economics-finance.org\/AEF_Constitution_as_of_Feb_16_2018.pdf\">Constitution<\/a><\/p><h3>2025-2026 LEADERSHIP<\/h3><p><b>President (2026)<\/b><br \/>Richard Lewin, Rollins College<\/p><p><b>President-Elect and Program Chair (2026)<\/b><br \/>James Malm, College of Charleston<\/p><p><b>Local Arrangements Chair (2026)<\/b><br \/>Russel. Triplett, University of North Florida<\/p><p><b>First Vice President and Outstanding Conference Papers Chair (2026)<\/b><br \/>Phyllis Keys (2025-26) \u2013 Morgan State University (MD)<\/p><p><b>Second Vice President and PhD Papers Competition Chair (2026)<\/b><br \/>Stephen Conroy University of San Diego<\/p><p><b>Undergraduate Papers Competition Coordinator (2026)<\/b><\/p><p>Brooke Conaway, Georgia College and State University<\/p><p><b>Treasurer (2026)<\/b><br \/>Richard Vogel, Farmingdale State College<\/p><p><b>Directors (End of Term)<\/b><\/p><p>Heather Bono (2025)-University of West Georgia (GA)<\/p><p>Brian Payne (2025) \u2013 University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)<\/p><p>Dave Jackson (2026) &#8211; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)<br \/>Xu Zhang (2026) &#8211; Farmingdale State College (NY)<br \/>Steve Nenninger (2027) \u2013 Sam Houston State University (TX)<\/p><p><b>Editors:<\/b><br \/><b><i>Journal of Economics and Finance<\/i><\/b><br \/>John Elder, Colorado State University<\/p><p><b><i>Journal of Economics and Finance Education<\/i><\/b><br \/>Marc Sardy, Rollins College<\/p><p><b><i>Academy of Economics and Finance Journal<\/i><\/b><br \/>Michael Toma, Georgia Southern University (Economics)<br \/>Nicholas Mangee, Georgia Southern University (Finance)<br \/><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b><i>Academy of Economics and Finance: Papers and Proceedings (2026)<\/i><\/b><br \/>Michael Toma (Economics) Interim Co-Editor, Georgia Southern University<br \/>Nicholas Mangee (Finance) Interim Co-Editor, Georgia Southern University<\/p><p><b>Webmaster<\/b><br \/>Marc Sardy, Rollins College<\/p><p><b>Teacher Training Program Director<\/b><br \/>Jason Beck, Georgia Southern University<br \/>Mary Funck, Sam Houston State University<\/p><p><strong>2025-2026 conference<\/strong><\/p><p><b>Program Committee, 2025-2026 Meeting<\/b><br \/>James Malm, College of Charleston, S.C.<\/p><p><b>Local Arrangements Committee, 2025-2026 Meeting; Jacksonville , FL.<\/b><br \/>Chair, Russel. Triplett, University of North Florida.<\/p><p><b>Site Selection Committee, (2026 meeting) (appointed by President, four members, staggered terms):<\/b><br \/>Rick McGrath (2026, chair for 2022 meeting), Jason Beck (2029), Richard Lewin (2028), Nilesh Sah (2027), Dave Jackson (2026)<\/p><p><b>Teaching Fellow Committee, 2025 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):<\/b><br \/>Richard Vogel, Chair, Heather Bono (2029), Axel Grossman (2028), Meeghan Rogers (2026), Steve Nenninger (2027)<\/p><p><b>Research Fellow Committee, 2025 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):<\/b><br \/>Mary Kassis, Past President, Chair<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">;<\/span> Rodney Paul (2022), Steven Conroy (2023) and Adrian Austin (2024), Kabir Hassan (2025)<\/p><p><b>Service Fellow Committee, 2026 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):<\/b><br \/>Xu Zhang Chair; James Malm (2026), Mike McLain (2027), Marc Logrosso (2028),\u00a0Joe Farhat (2029)<\/p><p><b>Nominating Committee, 2026 Meeting (President as Chair and two Past Presidents):<\/b><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.27px;\">Chair; Richard Lewin, Brooke Conaway, Marc Sardy<\/span><\/p><p><b>Outstanding Papers Committee, 2026 Meeting<\/b><br \/>James Malm, First Vice President, Chair<\/p><p><b>Distinguished Ph.D. Paper Committee, 2026 Meeting<\/b><br \/>Steven Jones, Second Vice President, Chair<\/p><p><b>Teacher Training Program Committee, 2026 Meeting (appointed by President)<\/b><br \/>Jason Beck, Co-Chair; Mary Funck, Co-Chair<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5b1e30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5b1e30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91d7593\" data-id=\"91d7593\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ad6fd elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"15ad6fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; 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