The winners of the annual RFS Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 25 as part of the SFS Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners:
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award
“Pricing Uncertainty Induced by Climate Change”
Michael Barnett, William Brock, and Lars Peter Hansen
Prize: $10,000
Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Runner Up (tie)
“On the Rise of FinTechs: Credit Scoring Using Digital Footprints”
Tobias Berg, Valentin Burg, Ana Gombović, and Manju Puri
Prize: $2500
“Monetary Transmission through Shadow Banks”
Kairong Xiao
Prize: $2500
Referee of the Year
Michael Weber
Prize: $1000
Distinguished Referees
Tania Babina
Michael Ewens
Kristoph Kleiner
Lars Lochstoer
Rising Scholar Award
“Monetary Transmission through Shadow Banks”
Kairong Xiao
Prize: $5000
Hillcrest Best Paper Award in Behavioral Finance sponsored by Hillcrest Asset Management
“Financial Literacy Externalities”
Michael Haliassos, Thomas Jansson, and Yigitcan Karabulut
Prize: $5000
Congratulations to all our award winners!