Best Paper Awards of 2023

Corporate Finance (sponsored by Wharton Research Data Services – WRDS)

“Does a VC’s commitment lead to improved investment outcomes? Evidence from climate startups”

Aaron Burt, University of Oklahoma; Jarrad Harford, University of Washington;
Jared Stanfield, University of Oklahoma; Jason Zein, University of New South Wales

Institutions and Markets (sponsored by the Eastern Finance Association)

“Bank Monitoring with On‐Site Inspections”

Christopher Martin, FDIC; Amanda Heitz, Tulane University and FDIC; Alexander Ufier, FDIC

Investments (sponsored by the American Association of Individual Investors – AAII)

“Self‐Declared Benchmarks and Fund Manager Intent: Cheating or Competing?”

Huaizhi Chen, University of Notre Dame; Richard Evans, University of Virginia;
Yang Sun, Brandeis University

The Kuldeep Shastri Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper

“Redeploying Dirty Assets: The Impact of Environmental Liability”

Jason (Pang‐Li) Chen, Drexel University

Runners-up for the Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper

“Belief Polarization, Unconscious Bias, and Financial Markets”

Nan Ma, McGill University

“Initial Public Offerings and Product Market Dynamics”

Xi Chen, University of Houston; Jingxuan Zhang, Boston College