Cambridge to publish Journal of Financial and Qualitative Analysis

[Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>]

With apologies for cross-posting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Partnership to Publish Premier Finance Journal

The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis is one of the
oldest and most well established journals publishing in the area
of financial economics. It is with great pride that we join
forces with Cambridge University Press, one of the most renowned
academic publishers in the English language. This strategic
partnership will prove of great value to the profession in years
to come.

--Stephen Brown, New York University

July 2008, Seattle, WA and New York, NY

The University of Washington Foster School of Business and
Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce a partnership
to publish the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis,
beginning in 2009.

Since 1966 the journal has covered theoretical and empirical
research in financial economics. The JFQA is among the top
journals in the field and one of the last major journals to be
self-published. With a circulation of more than 3000 libraries,
firms, and individuals in 70 nations, the journal serves an
international community of finance scholars -- academics and
practitioners alike. The JFQA is among the premier finance
journals in the world, says Thomas W. Lee, Hughes M. Blake
Professor of Management, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty
Affairs at the University of Washington. He added that the
partnership "will greatly expand the JFQA's readership and
influence on the academic research in finance by moving beyond
its current print medium to the electronic and web-based world."

Three editors oversee the Journal of Financial and Quantitative
Analysis: Hendrik Bessembinder (University of Utah), Stephen
Brown (New York University), and Paul Malatesta (University of
Washington); the latter of whom writes: "My colleagues and I are
excited about our partnership with Cambridge University Press.
Cambridge's expertise in publishing academic journals and the
depth of their organization will enable us to greatly expand and
enhance the JFQA's services to its authors and readers."

The journal will go from four issues annually to six issues
annually, with an increased online presence. The journal's
existing office staff will continue working out of the Seattle
office. Hendrik Bessembinder anticipates that "the partnership
will lead to improved efficiency and better service for authors,
subscribers, and other readers, as well as for the editorial
staff."

Cambridge University Press publishes more than 230 peer-reviewed
academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print
and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic
publications in their fields and together they form one of the
most valuable and comprehensive collections of research available
today. The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis will be
an important contribution to that collection.

Simon Ross, Journals Director at Cambridge, says the JFQA will be
the flagship journal in finance for Cambridge, and complements
its world-class book publishing program. "We are looking forward
to working with the management team of JFQA to take the journal
to the next level and ambitious plans are already underway to
grow the impact of JFQA internationally."

Other links:
For the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis please go to
http://www.jfqa.org
For the Michael G. Foster School of Business please go to
http://foster.washington.edu
For Cambridge University Press Journals please go to
http://www.journals.cambridge.org
For Cambridge University Press please go to: http://www.cambridge.org
For The University of Cambridge please go to: http://www.cam.ac.uk

Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas
ssoule@cambridge.org
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