The objectives of the Society will be:
a. to encourage research in international economics and financial economics and to promote professional communication among researchers in these fields;
b. to facilitate cooperation and participation in research efforts among international economists and financial economists in the academic, private and government sectors;
c. to maintain close relations with professional organizations that share similar scholastic interests and concerns: the American Economic Association, American Agricultural Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Western Economic Association, the Midwest International Economics Group, the Southeast International Economics Group, the Financial Management Association, American Finance Society, Western Finance Association, and others; and
d. to sponsor programs and publications, to conduct other activities appropriate for a nonprofit professional society, and to foster the advancement of members.
2. These objectives may be furthered by professional means, including, but not limited to:
a. professional meetings and conferences,
b. information services,
c. a membership directory,
d. discounts on journal subscriptions, and
e. professional publications.
3. The term "professional" used herein does not imply an attempt at certification or determination of qualifying standards for the practice of international or financial economics. The term is used to denote the concerns of members of a learned society.
a. to encourage research in international economics and financial economics and to promote professional communication among researchers in these fields;
b. to facilitate cooperation and participation in research efforts among international economists and financial economists in the academic, private and government sectors;
c. to maintain close relations with professional organizations that share similar scholastic interests and concerns: the American Economic Association, American Agricultural Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Western Economic Association, the Midwest International Economics Group, the Southeast International Economics Group, the Financial Management Association, American Finance Society, Western Finance Association, and others; and
d. to sponsor programs and publications, to conduct other activities appropriate for a nonprofit professional society, and to foster the advancement of members.
2. These objectives may be furthered by professional means, including, but not limited to:
a. professional meetings and conferences,
b. information services,
c. a membership directory,
d. discounts on journal subscriptions, and
e. professional publications.
3. The term "professional" used herein does not imply an attempt at certification or determination of qualifying standards for the practice of international or financial economics. The term is used to denote the concerns of members of a learned society.