The winners of the annual RCFS Awards were announced at the virtual Awards Reception on May 26 as part of the Cavalcade. We are pleased to share the winners:
Best Paper Award
“Deposit Insurance, Bank Risk-Taking, and Failures: Evidence from Early Twentieth-Century State Deposit Insurance Systems”
Felipe Aldunate
Prize: $10,000
Referee of the Year
Chotibhak Jotikasthira
Prize: $1000
For the first time ever, RCFS awarded the Rising Scholar Award, which is presented to a paper on which no author received either their current academic appointment or most recent PhD more than 6 years prior to when the paper was submitted to RCFS.
Rising Scholar Award
“Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises”
Boris Vallee
Prize: $5000
Congratulations to all our award winners!