This organization has evolved into the Journal of Financial Abstracts (JFA), which has two main parts: the Accepted Paper Series (APS), which covers papers that have been accepted for publication, and has the following parts: Corporate Finance and Organizations (APS-A); Banking, Economics, and Methodology (APS-B); Capital Markets (APS-C); and Derivatives (APS-D).
The Working Paper Series (WPS) lists working papers and also has several parts: Corporate Finance and Organizations (WPS-A); Banking, Economics, and Methodology (WPS-B); Capital Markets (WPS-C); and Derivatives (WPS-D). Users can choose which series they wish to receive.
It also lists other information, such as job listing (FEN-JOB) and professional announcements (FEN-ANN).
They are now accepting and posting vitaes of PhDs in the job market and job openings on their web server.
Besides subscribing to FEN's mailing list, one can search back issues on their web server, as well as reading the current issue of the JFA series and APS, and all issues concerning general announcements and positions available. This material can also be searched at the gopher at the Washington Univ. Economics Dept. The membership application for FEN follows.
Starting on August 31, 1995, FEN began charging for for their lists. To quote from their announcement, "Because of these substantial costs, we are now beginning to ask NEW members to pay the nominal fees detailed below (including the membership fees) to help ensure that FEN remains a permanent part of our professional landscape. In our recent survey, NO MEMBER wanted to see FEN discontinue its operations, and we are committed to that.
Existing members of FEN who have, in effect, been "beta testers of FEN," will be provided with a one year free membership (from August 31, 1995 to August 31, 1996). However, we ask existing members to pay the nominal subscription fee for the journals they wish to continue to receive by August 31, 1995. No one will be deleted from receiving FEN's journals until September 1, 1995."
For current subscribers, the fees are as follows for each list: student, $5; personal $10; institutional and library, $20. For new members, the fees are student, $10; personal $25; institutional, $50; and contributing, $100. If you subscribe to four, the fifth is free. The job listing and announcements will still be freely available. Finally, exceptions may be made for hardship cases.