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Research Paper Awards sponsored by WRDS
2024
Chinese Finance Annual Meeting (CFAM)
Backward- and Forward-Looking: Decision-Making under Prospect Theory and Stock Returns
Yiyang Bai, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | Yingyi Hu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
The Microstructure Exchange
James Brugler, University of Melbourne | Terrence Hendershott, University of California Berkeley
3rd Holden Conference in Finance and Real Estate, Indiana University Bloomington
- Best Empirical Discussant: Professor Sasha Indarte, The Wharton School
- Best Theory Discussant: Professor Chaojun Wang, The Wharton School | Professor Pavel Zryumov, University of Rochester
- WRDS Best Paper Award: Jason Donaldson, University of Southern California | Naz Koont, Stanford University | Giorgia Piacentino, University of Southern California | Victoria Vanasco, CREi
European Financial Management Association
James O'Donovan, City University of Hong Kong | Gloria Yang Yu, Singapore Management University
Asian Finance Association
Grace Xing Hu, Tsinghua University | Zhao Jin, Central
University of Finance and Economics | Jun Pan, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University
Western Finance Association (WFA)
Ulrich Hege, Toulouse School of Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) | Kai Li, Peking University HSBC Business School | Yifei Zhang, Peking University, HSBC Business School
Eastern Finance Association (EFA)
Tom Meling, The Ohio State University | Hans Hvide, University of Bergen
Corporate Governance Conference, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
Production and Externalities: The Role of Ownership Structure
Michael Wittry, The Ohio State University | Alvin Chen, Stockholm School of Economics.
2023
2nd Holden Conference in Finance and Real Estate, Indiana University Bloomington
Julia Fonseca, UIUC | Lu Liu, Wharton Finance
Best Discussant Awards: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University | Will Diamond, Wharton Finance
The Microstructure Exchange
Thomas Ernst, University of Maryland | Chester S. Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University | Jian Sun, Singapore Management University
Midwest Finance Association
Pulak Ghosh, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Nishant Vats, Washington University in Saint Louis
Eastern Finance Association
Aaron Burt, University of Oklahoma | Jarrad Harford, University of Washington | Jared Stanfield, University of Oklahoma | Jason Zein, University of New South Wales
European Financial Management Association (EFMA)
Samuel Piotrowski, Norwegian School of Economics
Western Finance Association
Wharton School-WRDS for Best Empirical Finance Paper
Yihui Pan, University of Utah | Elena S. Pikulina, University of British Columbia | Stephan Siegel, University of Washington | Tracy Wang, University of Minnesota
Corporate Governance Conference, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
Ran Duchin, Boston College | Janet Gao, McDonough School of Business | Qiping Xu, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Midwest Finance Association (MFA)
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Ben Collier, Temple University | Sabrina Howell, New York University | Lea Rendall, University of Maryland
Midwest Finance Association (MFA)
Outstanding Paper Award
Nishant Vats, University of Chicago | Pulak Ghosh, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
2022
Chinese Finance Annual Meeting (CFAM)
WRDS Best Paper Award
Yueteng Zhu and Jiajun Lu, Zhejiang University
Craig W. Holden Memorial Conference, Indiana University Bloomington
WRDS Best Paper Award
Xiongshi Li, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics | Mao Ye, Cornell University | Miles Zheng, Texas Christian University
Best Discussant Award: Kristoph Kleiner, Indiana University
Association of MBAs (AMBA) Business Graduates Associate Excellence Award
International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv) (Ukraine) with BookChef Publishing House
Eastern Finance Association (EFA)
WRDS Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance
Investment Under Up- and Downstream Uncertainty
Fotis Grigoris, Indiana University
Gill Segal, UNC – Chapel Hill
Midwest Finance Association (MFA)
Outstanding Paper Award, Financial Institutions
Ye Li, The Ohio State University
Simon Mayer, University of Chicago
Western Finance Association (WFA)
Wharton-WRDS Best Paper Award for Empirical Finance
Sophie Calder-Wang (91ܽ)
European Financial Management Association (EFMA)
Lin William Cong (Cornell University; NBER)
George Andrew Karolyi (Cornell University)
Ke Tang (Tsinghua University)
Weiyi Zhao (Tsinghua University)
2021
Southern Finance Association
Arpit Gupta (New York University), Vrinda Mittal (Columbia University), Jonas Peeters (New York University), Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University)
Eastern Finance Association
Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago), Matilde Bombardini (University of California-Berkeley), Ray Fisman (Boston University), Francesco Trebbi (University of California-Berkeley), Eyub Yegen (University of Toronto)
Corporate Governance Conference, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
Paul Decaire and Denis Sosyura (Arizona State University)
Western Finance Association
Opening up Military Innovation: Causal Effects of ‘Bottom-Up’ Reforms to U.S. Defense Research
Sabrina T. Howell (New York University), Jason Rathje (United States Air Force), John Van Reenen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jun Wong, New York University
European Finance Management Association (EFMA)
Judge Ideology, SEC Enforcement, and Insider Trading
Allen Huang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Kai Wai Hu (The University of Hong Kong), Yue Zheng (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).
2020
Southern Finance Association
Lin Ge (University of Mississippi), Arup Ganguly (University of Mississippi), Abhishek Ganguly (University of Oklahoma), Chad Zutter, (University of Pittsburgh)
Western Finance Association
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham (Yale University)
Kelly Shue (Yale University)
Eastern Finance Association
Dusan Isakov (University of Fribourg) Christophe Perignon (HEC Paris) Jean-Philippe Weisskopf (Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne)
2019
Drexel Governance Conference
Marco Becht (Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management)
Julian R. Franks (London Business School)
Hannes F. Wagner (Bocconi University)
Western Finance Association
Andreas Fuster (Swiss National Bank)
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham (Yale School of Management)
Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London and CEPR)
Ansgar Walther (Imperial College London)
Southern Finance Association
Egemen Genc (Erasmus University)
Sara Shirley (Middle Tennessee State University)
Jeffrey Stark (Middle Tennessee State University)
Hai Tran (Loyola Marymount University)
Eastern Finance Association
Yosub Jung (Harvard Business School)
2018
Southern Finance Association
Pawan Jain (University of Wyoming)
Mohamed Mekhaimer (Clarkson University)
Ronald W. Spahr, (University of Memphis)
Mark A. Sunderman (University of Memphis)
Western Finance Association
Jeffrey Brown
Jiekun Huang (University of Illinois)
AsianFA Conference
Forecasting Bond Returns with Real Time Macroeconomic Data: A Predictive Principal Component Approach
Singapore Management University),
(Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)),
(University of British Columbia)
EFMA Conference
Do Risk Disclosures Matter When It Counts? Evidence from the Swiss Franc Shock
Luzi Hail (University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School)
Maximilian Muhn (Humboldt University of Berlin)
David Oesch (University of Zurich)
Eastern Finance Association
Insider Investor and Information
Ehsan Azarmsa (University of Chicago)
Lin William Cong (University of Chicago)
2017
Eastern Finance Association (EFA)
Outstanding Paper Special Topics –
Weike Xu (Clemson University)
Minxing Sun (University of Memphis)
European Financial Management Association (EFMA)
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper Award,
Pedro Barroso (University of New South Wales)
Paulo Maio (Hanken School of Economics)
Southern Finance Association (SFA)
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S. Ferris (University of Missouri)
D. Javakhadze (Florida Atlantic University College of Business)
Y. Liu (Keck Graduate Institute)
Western Finance Association
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance;
Ian Martin (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Christian Wagner (Copenhagen Business School)
2016
Eastern Finance Association:
The Wharton School-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research
Conflicts of Interest in Multi-Fund Management
Gerald Abdesaken (West Chester University)
European Financial Management Association (EFMA):
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper Award; ““; Jarrad Harford (University of Washington), Ambrus Kecsks (York University), and Sattar Mansi (Virginia Tech)
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Umit Gurun (University of Texas-Dallas), Noah Stoffman (Indiana University), Scott Yonker (Cornell University)
2015
Eastern Finance Association:
The Wharton School-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research; “”; Tingting Liu (University of Georgia)
Northern Finance Association:
WRDS Award for Best Empirical Paper; “”; Patrick Augustin (McGill), Menachem Brenner (NYU), Marti Subrahmanyam (NYU)
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang, and Katharina A. Lewellen
2014
Eastern Finance Association:
The Wharton School-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research; “”; Brandon Cline (Mississippi State University), Sinan Gokkaya (Ohio University), Xi Liu (Ohio University)
Financial Management Association:
Doctoral Student Consortium co-sponsor with S&P Capital IQ
Northern Finance Association:
WRDS Award for Best Empirical Paper; ““; Daniel Andrei (UCLA), Bruce Carlin (University of Toronto), Michael Hasler (University of Toronto)
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Raghuram G. Rajan (Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School at the University of Chicago), Rodney Ramcharan (Chief of Financial Studies at the US Federal Reserve Board)
2013
Financial Management Association:
Doctoral Student Consortium co-sponsor with S&P Capital IQ
Southern Finance Association:
WRDS Sponsorship, Best Paper Award for Empirical Research; “: Sovereign Ceiling Violations in Credit Default Swap Markets”; C. Stace Sirmans (University of Florida), Andy Naranjo (University of Florida), Jongsub Lee (University of Florida)
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Margarita Tsoutsoura (University of Chicago), Adair Morse (University of Chicago), Nikolaos Artavanis (Virginia Tech)
2012
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Kelly Shue (University of Chicago)
Financial Management Association:
Doctoral Student Consortium co-sponsorship with S&P Capital IQ.
Click for list of students selected to participate in the 2012 FMA Doctoral Student Consortium being held in conjunction with the 2012 FMA Annual Meeting.
Midwest Finance Association:
WRDS Award for Best PhD Student Paper; ““; Sapnoti Eswar (London Business School)
Wharton-WRDS Award for Best Paper on Corporate Finance; “”; Jongha Lim (University of Missouri), Bernadette Minton (The Ohio State University), Michael Weisbach (The Ohio State University).
Northern Finance Association:
WRDS Award for Best PhD Student Paper; “; Sapnoti Eswar (London Business School)
Wharton-WRDS Award for Best Paper on Corporate Finance; ““; Jongha Lim (University of Missouri), Bernadette Minton (The Ohio State University), Michael Weisbach (The Ohio State University).
Southern Finance Association:
WRDS Sponsorship, Outstanding Empirical Paper award; ““; Gerald Gay (Georgia State University), Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University, University of Cologne), Leng Ling (Georgia College and State University).
2011
European Financial Management Association (EFMA):
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper Award; ““; Sabrina Buti (University of Toronto), Barbara Rindi (Bocconi University), Yuanji Wen (Bocconi University), Ingrid M. Werner (Ohio State University).
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Ji-Woong Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Berk Sensoy (Ohio State University), Lea Stern (Ohio State University, Michael Weisbach (Ohio State University)
2010
European Financial Management Association (EFMA):
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper Award; ““; Nicola Borri (LUISS University, Rome, Italy) and Andrien Verdelhan (MIT Sloan, Boston, MA, United States)
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance; ““; Joseph Engelberg (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Christopher Parsons (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
2009
European Financial Management Association (EFMA):
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper; ““; Dr. Andreas Bloechlinger
Western Finance Association:
The Wharton School – WRDS Best Paper Award for the Best Empirical Finance; ““; Ohad Kadan (Washington University in St. Louis), Azi Ben Rephael (Tel-Aviv University), Avi Wohl (Tel-Aviv University)
2008
European Financial Management Association (EFMA):
WRDS-Wharton Best Paper; “”; Professor Valeri Zakamouline ((University of Agder), Professor Steen Koekebakker (University of Agder)
2007
Batten Conference, The College of William & Mary:
WRDS Sponsorship, WRDS Best Paper Award; ““; Iva Kalcheva
Midwest Finance Association:
Best Paper Award in International Finance sponsored by 91ܽ (WRDS)
Southern Management Association:
Doctoral Consortium Paper Sponsorship
Southern Finance Association:
WRDS Sponsorship, Empirical Paper award; ““; Thomas P. Boehm (University of Tennessee – Knoxville), Ramon P. DeGennaro (University of Tennessee – Knoxville & Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
2006
Midwest Finance Association:
Best Paper in International Finance sponsored by 91ܽ (WRDS); ““; Charles Trzcinka (Indiana University), Andrey Ukhov (Indiana University)
2005
CLADEA
Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administracion Instituto Superior de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
Pablo Lopez Sarabia; ““; Universidad de Chile, Chile.
““; David Diaz solis, Rodrigo Jarpa Ortega, Antonino Parisi Fernandez y Franco Parisi Fernandez
Eastern Finance Association:
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, Sponsored by 91ܽ; ““; Manu Gupta (Graduate Student – Texas A&M University), L. Paige Fields (Texas A&M University)
European Finance Association:
“; Vinay Nair
Midwest Finance Association:
Oscar R. Goodman Award for the Outstanding Paper in Financial Intermediation Sponsored by 91ܽ; ““; Amir Sufi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Southern Management Association:
Doctoral Consortium Paper Sponsorship
Southern Finance Association:
Best Paper Award-Empirical Research – WRDS; ““; Thomas Chemmanur, (Boston College), Elena Loutskina, (Boston College)
2004
Southern Finance Association:
Best Paper Award; ““; Tjalling van der Goot (University of Amsterdam)