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