Best Paper Winners

    FMARC 2025
    24 - 27 May, 2025 | Paphos - Cyprus

    Conference Best Paper Award

    Corporate Debt Structure Around the World

    Alireza Aghaee (Bocconi University), Lorenzo Bretscher (HEC Lausanne), Stefano Rossi (Bocconi University)

    Best Paper in Finance Award (shared)

    Financed Emissions

    Robert Prilmeier (Tulane University), Mustafa Emin (University of Alabama), Nishad Kapadia (Tulane University), William Waller (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)

    The Local Effects of Artificial Intelligence Labor Investments: Evidence from the Municipal Bond Market

    Lefteris Andreadis (Bank of Greece), Manolis Chatzikonstantinou (Georgetown University Qatar), Eleni Kalotychou (Cyprus University of Technology), Christodoulos Louca (Cyprus University of Technology), Christos Makridis (Stanford University)

    Best Paper in Accounting Award

    Climate Disclosures and Decarbonization along the Supply Chain

    Pietro Bonetti (IESE Business School), Ellen En (IESE Business School), Igor Kadach (IESE Business School), Gaizka Ormazabal (IESE Business School)

    Best Doctoral Paper Award

    Asset (and Data) Managers

    Marco Zanotti (Swiss Finance Institute, USI Lugano)

    FMARC 2024
    16 - 18 June, 2024 | Ayia Napa - Cyprus

    Conference Best Paper Award

    The Value of Non-Alpha Services

    Jules van Binsbergen (Wharton Business School and NBER), Alessandro Previtero (Indiana University and NBER), Ran Xing (Stockholm University and the Swedish House of Finance)

    Best Paper in Finance Award

    Credit Market Driven Acquisitions

    Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University), Candace E. Jens (Tulane University), Stefano Rossi (Bocconi University)

    Best Paper in Accounting Award

    Bridging the Gap: A Study of Government Suppliers’ Reporting Practices

    Akram Khalilov (BI Norwegian Business School), Tobias Witter (Humboldt – Universität zu Berlin)

    Published in: Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

    Best Doctoral Paper Award

    Payoff over Panorama: Mental Accounting and Asset Class Selection

    Judith Bohnenkamp (University of Miami)

    FMARC 2023
    18 - 20 June, 2023 | Larnaca - Cyprus

    Conference Best Paper Award

    Regulatory Fragmentation

    Ekaterina Volkova (University of Melbourne), Michelle Lowry (Drexel University), Joseph Kalmenovitz (University of Rochester)

    Published in: Journal of Finance

    Best Paper in Finance Award

    Asset Pricing and Risk Sharing Implications of Alternative Pension Plan Systems

    Nuno Coimbra (Banque du France), Francisco Gomes (LBS), Alex Michaelides (Imperial College Business School), Jialu Shen (University of Missouri)

    Published in: Journal of Finance

    Best Doctoral Paper Award (shared)

    Privacy Regulation and Fintech Lending

    Sebastian Doerr (Bank for International Settlements), Leonardo Gambacorta (Bank for International Settlements), Luigi Guiso (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance), Marina Sanchez del Villar (European University Institute)

    Local Lending Specialization and Monetary Policy

    Alejandro Casado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), David Martinez Miera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

    FMARC 2022
    19 - 21 June, 2022 | Limassol - Cyprus

    Conference Best Paper Award

    The Effects of Going Public on Firm Performance and Commercialization Strategy: Evidence from International IPOs

    Francisco Urzúa I. (Bayes Business School), Borja Larrain (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Gordon Phillips (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth), Giorgo Sertsios (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)

    Best Paper in Finance Award

    Bank Specialization and Industry-Specific Shocks

    Sotirios Kokas (University of Essex), Rajkamal Iyer (Imperial College Business School), Alexander Michaelides (Imperial College London), José-Luis Peydró (LUISS and EIEF, Rome)

    Best Paper in Accounting Award

    Tax Regimes and Profit Shifting

    Panagiotis Karavitis (University of Glasgow), Pantelis Kazakis (University of Glasgow), Rajni Soni (University of Glasgow), Theodore Sougiannis (Gies College of Business)

    Best Doctoral Paper Award

    Banks as “anchors”: The Role of Banks in Funding Innovation

    Cristian-Mihail Condrea (PhD student in the Finance Department at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

    FMARC 2021

    Conference Best Paper Award

    Private Equity Buyouts, Credit Constraints, and Firm Exports

    Marina-Eliza Spaliara (University of Glasgow), Paul Lavery (University of Glasgow), Serafeim Tsoukas (University of Glasgow), Jose Maria Serena (Banco de España)

    Best Doctoral Paper Award

    Conference Call Topics, Manager Roles, and Market Response: Should Managers Stick to Their Topic?

    Karina Konieczny (Technical University of Munich), Alwine Mohnen (Technical University of Munich)

    FMARC 2019

    Conference Best Paper Award

    Public-to-Private Buyouts and Innovation

    Douglas J. Cumming (Stevens Institute of Technology), Rejo Peter (DeepR Analytics Inc), Monika Tarsalewska (University of Exeter)

    Published in: British Journal of Management

    Best Doctoral Paper Award

    Business Development Companies: Private Equity for Individual Investors

    Theodosis L. Kallenos (Central Bank of Cyprus), George P. Nishiotis (University of Cyprus)

    Conference Recollections.
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