The Best Paper Awards at FMARC 2026 recognize exceptional research contributions across finance and accounting. Selected by the scientific committee and conference chairs, these awards celebrate innovation and academic excellence, highlighting the most impactful papers presented at the conference.
Conference Best Paper Award
Management of Management Proposals
lona Babenko (Arizona State University), Goeun Choi (Loyola Marymount University), Rik Sen (University of Georgia)
Best Paper in Finance Award
Learning from Personal Experience versus Public Information: Evidence from Retail FX Trades
Constantinos Antoniou (Warwick Business School), Andreas Milidonis (University of Cyprus)
Best Paper in Accounting Award
The Class Pay Gap in Public Accounting: Does Socioeconomic Background Matter?
Daniel Aobdia (Pennsylvania State University), Ting Dong (Stockholm School of Economics), Irina Gazizova (Stockholm School of Economics), Henrik Nilsson (Stockholm School of Economics)
Best Doctoral Paper Award
Managerial Beliefs and Agency Conflicts
Dardan Gashi (Swiss Finance Institute, USI Lugano)
Doctoral Paper Award (Runner-Up)
Information Processing Under Ambiguity in Financial Markets
Lukas Grahl (University of Aarhus), Steffen Meyer (University of Aarhus and Danish Finance Institute), Charline Uhr (University of Aarhus and Danish Finance Institute)
