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Financial Economics Network (21 channels)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 15:49:18 -0500
Possible Posting: Feel free to repost. Wayne News Announcement Financial Economics Network We now have twenty-one differnt channels and over 1800 subscribers If you have access to the information highway, Internet, and an interest in financial economics, the Financial Economics Network is designed for you. Financial Economics Network is a multi-channel electronic network for scholars and interested individuals in investment banks, banks, companies, government agencies, international agencies and universities. But there are also channels for small investors and people interested in personal finance. Although the Network was formed less than a month ago, there are already nearly 1,800 subscribers, with nearly 100 being added each week. In less than a month, Financial Economics Network has become the largest electronic network in the world linking people with scholarly and practical interests in business and economics. The Network consists of a master subscription, called AFA-FIN, with 21 channels. There are currently 18 channels open to AFA-FIN subscribers, with 3 additional ones coming on line in approximately two weeks. The channels currently operating, which run the gamut of topics in financial economics, are: AFA-ACCT (Accounting and Finance) AFA-INT (International Finance) AFA-AGE (Gerontology Finance) AFA-INV (Investments) AFA-AGRI (Agricultural Finance) AFA-LE (Law & Econ.) AFA-BANK (Banking) AFA-MATH (Mathematical Finance) AFA-CORP (Corporate Finance) AFA-PUB (Public Finance) AFA-DER (Derivatives) AFA-REAL (Real Estate) AFA-ECMT (Econometrics and Finance) AFA-S-IV (Small Investor) AFA-EDU (Education Finance) AFA-SBUS (Small Business Finance) AFA-HEAL (Health Finance) AFA-WA-R (Real Estate in WA state) Planned channels are: AFA-INS (Insurance) AFA-MKTM (Market Microstructure) AFA-PERS (Personal Finance) We welcome and encourage individuals to suggest other channels which might prove useful to you and our subscribers. Financial Economics Network is all being run from a list server at Washington State University. The server uses the Internet to connect people from all over the world through electronic mail or e-mail. The Network provides channels where announcements and messages of interest are posted and ideas exchanged on topics of mutual interest. Access to the Network is free. But you must request a subscription to be included. Please contact Professor Wayne Marr (First Union Professor of Banking at Clemson University). You may also subscribe by contacting Professor John Trimble of the finance faculty at Washington State University; his Internet address is trimble () vancouver wsu edu; telephone: (206) 737-2039. Professor Wayne Marr can be reached at his Internet address: marrm () clemson clemson edu. Or you may call Professor Marr at (803) 656-0796 (voice) or send a facsimile to (803) 653-5516 (fax). Founders of the Financial Economics Network Michael Jensen, Harvard University Wayne Marr, Clemson University John Trimble, Washington State University
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