The Eastern Finance Association invites you to participate in its 62nd Annual Meeting, to be held in person at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, from Wednesday, March 25, to Saturday, March 28, 2026.
The link to register for the conference is
https://efa.regfox.com/eastern-finance-association-2026-annual-meeting
PAPER SUBMISSIONS: The paper submission window has closed and submitting authors have been notified of the acceptance decision.
EFA 2026 DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR: John Griffin, the James A. Elkins Centennial Chair in Finance at the University of Texas at Austin, will deliver the keynote address and receive the EFA Distinguished Scholar Award for 2026.
EXECUTIVE PROGRAM COMMITTEE: We are privileged to have the following distinguished academics serve on our Executive Program Committee, who will ultimately select papers for the conference from recommendations from the Program Committee:
Amber Anand – Syracuse University
Gjergji Cici – University of Kansas
Jess Cornaggia – Pennsylvania State University
Greg Eaton – University of Georgia
Jesse Ellis – North Carolina State University
Fotis Grigoris – University of Iowa
Kristine Hankins – University of Kentucky
Kathleen Weiss Hanley – Lehigh University
Jim Linck – Southern Methodist University
Tingting Liu – University of Tennessee
David McLean – Georgetown University
Rabih Moussawi – Villanova University
Veronika Pool – Vanderbilt University
Alvaro Taboada – Mississippi State University
RISING SCHOLARS COMMITTEE: We are fortunate to have the following junior faculty serve as our Rising Scholars Committee. They will contribute to the programming of the conference, including organizing special events and selecting awards:
Felipe Correia (co-chair) (University of Georgia)
Carter Davis (co-chair) (Ohio State University)
JiHoon Hwang (University of Mississippi)
Zihan Ye (University of Tennessee)
Johannes Klausmann (University of Virginia)
Daniel Garrett (University of Pennsylvania)
Lira Mota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nishant Vats (Washington University – St. Louis)
EARLY CAREER FORUM AND NEW IDEAS SESSIONS: The Eastern Finance Association will be hosting an Early Career Forum and New Ideas Session on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, as part of its Annual Meeting. It is intended to facilitate networking and enhance career success for finance faculty who have not yet been tenured. The program will feature interactive panels led by prominent faculty, including John Graham (Duke University) and Marc Lipson (University of Virginia). There will also be a networking lunch and sessions where faculty can present new ideas for feedback. The forum is open to those who have a tenure-track faculty appointment and who are not yet tenured. Submitting authors who have indicated their interest in participating will receive further instructions in early January.
We look forward to your participation and a successful meeting!
Andy Puckett, 2026 Vice President – Program (vpprogram@easternfinance.org)
Paul & Beverly Castagna Professor in Investments
Haslam College of Business
University of Tennessee, Knoxville