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Awarded to the best paper presented at the PhD Forum

Mutual Fund Benchmarking and Corporate Governance 
Yijun Zhou, INSEAD

Awarded to the second best paper presented at the PhD Forum

Leverage and Coverage Ratios 
Alexandr Belyakov, University of Pennsylvania

Awarded to the third best paper presented at the PhD Forum

Periphery Dealers in Over-the-counter Markets 
Chutiorn Tontivanichanon, London School of Economics

Awarded to the best paper presented on Capital Markets / Funds Management / Mutual Funds

December Doldrums, Investor Distraction and Stock Market Reaction to Unscheduled News Events 
Sudheer Chava, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nikhil Paradkar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Awarded to the best papers in Banking

Bank Liquidity Management and Bank Capital Shocks 
Amine Tarazi, Université de Limoges
Robert DeYoung, University of Kansas
Isabelle Distinguin, Université de Limoges

The Puzzle of Persistent Covered Interest Rate Parity Deviations: Does Monetary Policy Matter? 
Ganesh Viswanath Natraj, UC Berkeley

Awarded to the best paper in Corporate Finance / Corporate Governance / Institutional Block Holders

Leverage and Coverage Ratios 
Alexandr Belyakov, University of Pennsylvania

Selection and Incentive Effects of Incentive Pay: Evidence from Matching Model of Executives 

Shuo Xia, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Awarded to the best paper using data generated by SIRCA

The Impact of Timing of the Release of Firm-Specific Announcements on Trade Initiation 
Petko Kalev, LaTrobe University

Awarded to the best paper presented on Derivatives / Quantitative Finance

Trader Positions and Marketwide Liquidity Demand 
Esen Onur, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
John Spencer Roberts, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Tugkan Tuzun, Federal Reserve Board