Corporate Finance (sponsored by Wharton Research Data Services – WRDS)
Winner: “New Technology and Business Dynamics”, by Tom Meling, The Ohio State University, and Hans Hvide, University of Bergen
Runner-up: “Human Capital Reallocation and Agglomeration of Innovation: Evidence from Technological Breakthroughs”, by Jing Xue, Georgia State University
Investments (sponsored by the American Association of Individual Investors – AAII)
Winner: “The Cross-section of Subjective Expectations: Understanding Prices and Anomalies”, by Sean Myers, The Wharton School, Ricardo De la O, USC Marshall School of Business, and Xiao Han, Bayes Business School
Runner-up: “Competing for Dark Trades”, by Paul Irvine, Texas Christian University, and Egle Karmaziene, Vrije University
The Kuldeep Shastri Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper
Winner: “Long Rates, Life Insurers, and Credit Spreads”, by Ziang Li, Princeton University
Runner-up: “The Double-edged Sword of Data Mining: Implications on Asset Pricing and Information Efficiency”, by Shikun (Barry) Ke, Yale University
Runner-up: “Financing Intangibles”, by Bianca He, University of Chicago – Booth