2023
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
The effect of investor service costs on mutual fund performance
George J. Jiang, Tong Yao, Gulnara R. Zaynutdinova
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12316
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
Effect of high-frequency trading on mutual fund performance
Nan Qin, Vijay Singal
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12331
2022
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Do U.S. firms disguise acquisitions to avoid taxes?
Jeremiah Harris and Willian O’Brien
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12283
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
Climate change concerns meet return-chasing: Evidence from energy exchange-traded funds
Viktoriya Lantushenko, Carolin Schellhorn, and Gulnara R. Zaynutdinova
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12291
2021
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Independent director compensation, corruption, and monitoring
Natasha Burns, Anna Kapalczynski, and John K. Wald
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12232
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award (co-winner)
Do Volatility Extensions Improve the Quality of Closing Call Auctions?
Ester Félez-Viñas and Björn Hagströmer
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12275
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award (co-winner)
Portfolios of actively managed mutual funds
Timothy B. Riley
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12257
2020
Editorial Board Best Paper Award (Winner)
Stock market anomalies and baseball cards
Joseph Engelberg, Linh Thompson, and Jared Williams
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12223
Editorial Board Best Paper Award (Runner-up)
Managerial effect or firm effect: Evidence from the private debt market
Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, and Yun Zhu
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12196
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
Trading on Private Information: Evidence from Members of Congress
Serkan Karadas
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12180
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Michael Pagano, Villanova University
Kartik Raman, Bentley University
Mark Walker, North Carolina State University
2019
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Alphabeticity Bias in 401(k) Investing
Thomas W. Doellman, Jennifer Itzkowitz, Jesse Itzkowitz, and Sabuhi H. Sardarli
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12188
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
Trading on Private Information: Evidence from Members of Congress
Serkan Karadas
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12180
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Honghui Chen, University of Central Florida (AE)
Cihan Uzmanoglu, Binghamton University
2018
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Corporate Governance and Firm Survival
M. Sinan Goktan, Robert Kieschnick, and Rabih Moussawi
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12161
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Awards
Director Networks and Credit Ratings
Bradley W. Benson, Subramanian Rama, Iyer Kristopher, J. Kemper, and Jing Zhao
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12157
Short Sale Constraints and Single Stock Futures Introductions
Louis Gagnon
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12147
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Joel M. Vanden, Penn State University
Yiuman Tse, University of Missouri – St Louis
2017
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Are Odd-Lot Orders Informed?
James Upson and Hardy Johnson
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12127
EFA/FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Awards
Passive Institutional Ownership, R-squared Trends, and Price Informativeness
Jared DeLisle, Dan French, and Maria Schutte
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12132
Investor Conferences, Firm Visibility, and Stock Liquidity
Paul Brockman, Musa Subasi, and Cihan Uzmanoglu
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12136
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Ozde Oztekin, Florida International University
Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University
2016
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
The Debt Trap: Wealth Transfers and Debt-Equity Choices of Junk-Grade Firms
Alex Meisami, Palani-Rajan Kadapakkam, and John Wald
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12096
FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
Front-running Scalping Strategies and Market Manipulation. Why Does High-Frequency Trading Need Stricter Regulation?
Viktor Manahov
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12103
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Benjamin Blau, Utah State University
Murali Jagannathan, SUNY Binghamton
2015
Editorial Board Best Paper Award
Growth Capital-backed IPOs
Jay Ritter
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12075
FR Reader’s Choice Best Paper Award
The global preference for dividends in declining markets
Michael Goldstein, Abhinav Goyal, Brian Lucey, and Cal Muckley
https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12078
Outstanding Reviewer Awards
James R. Brown, Iowa State University
Jonathan Clarke, Georgia Institute of Technology