Award name

Title

Author

Best Paper Award

Revisiting the Cross-Section of Expected Stock returns: Evidence from a Textual Analysis of Buy Recommendations

Hwang, Byoung-Hyoun

(Nanyang Technological University)*

Chen, Hailiang

(The University of Hong Kong)

Peng, Zhuozhen

(Nanyang Technological University)

Best Paper Award

Labor-Management Relational Capital

Hwang, Sunwoo (Korea University)*

Lee, Biwon (Korea University)

Best Paper Award

When the EPA is in Play, Risk-Taking Goes away: The Effect of Environmental Regulations on CEO Compensation

Park, Raphael Jonghyeon

(University of Technology Sydney)*

Choi, Seungho

(Queensland University of Technology, Hanyang University)

Levine, Ross (Stanford University)

Xu, Simon (Havard University)

Best Paper Award

Dancing with Family Owners: Is Shareholder Activism Effective in Family Firms?

Kim, Jungmin

(Hong Kong Polytechnic University)*

Kim, Hyemin (Hanyang University)

Kang, Jun-Koo

(Nanyang Technological University)

Best Paper Award

Regulatory Fragmentation

Volkova, Ekaterina

(University of Melbourne)*

Kalmenovits, Joseph

(University of Rochester)

Lowry, Michelle (Drexel University)

Best Paper Award

Does High Frequency Market Manipulation Harm Market Quality?

Li, Dan

(Chinese University of Hong Kong)*

Brogaard, Jonathan (University of Utah)

Yang, Jeffrey (University of Utah)

Best Paper Award

Riding off into the Sunset: Dual-Class Structure in the Age of Unicorns Going Public

Park, Junho (Myongji University)*

Liang, Hao

(Singapore Management University)

Zhang, Wei

(Singapore Management University)

Best Paper Award

The Rise of E-Wallets and Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Payment Competition, Credit Expansion, and Consumer Behavior

Bian, Wenlong

(Sungkyunkwan University)*

Cong, Lin William (Cornell University)

Ji, Yang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Best Dissertation Award

Default Clustering Risk Premium and its Cross-Market Asset Pricing Implications

Byun, Kiwoong (Korea University )*

Kim, Baeho (Korea University)

Oh, Dong Hwan (Federal Reserve Board)