The Western Finance Association kicked off its 45th annual conference in Vancouver earlier this week. We are thrilled to report that four out of the conference’s six major research prizes were awarded to individuals or teams from the Finance and Economics division. Awards were given to:
Pierre Collin-Dufresne, Carson Family Professor of Business, for the best paper on derivatives markets;
Wei Jiang for the best paper on financial institutions and markets;
Daniel Paravisini for the best paper on corporate finance; and
Margarita Tsoutsoura for the best student paper.