Corporate Finance (sponsored by Wharton Research Data Services – WRDS)
“When Speaking Freely Pays: Anti-SLAPP Laws and Firms’ Cost of Equity”, by Scott Guernsey, University of Tennessee, Matthew Serfling, University of Tennessee, and Cheng Yan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Investments
“Financial Literacy and Financial Crime: A Regression Discontinuity Approach”, by Paul Freed, University of Virginia, and John Hackney, University of Arkansas
Financial Markets
“When Banks Fail: Depositor Attention and the Cost of Funding for Survivors”, by Brian Jonghwan Lee, Emory University, and Stefan Walz, Boston College
The Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper
“How Do Lender-Household Relationships Affect Mortgage Refinancing?”, by Yanting Huang, University of Rochester