Swiss Finance Institute Best Paper Doctoral Award and Best Discussant Doctoral Award
Swiss Finance Institute Best Paper Doctoral Award The annual SFI Best Paper Doctoral Award distinguishes a PhD student for an outstanding research paper presented at the Annual PhD Workshop organized by SFI and NCCR-FINRISK. The winning paper is nominated by a committee formed of outside international experts participating in the Workshop and is selected by faculty representatives from each SFI Academic Center. This Award was started in 2003 by the International Center FAME and from 2006 has been extended to all Swiss Doctoral Students in Finance under the auspices of FINRISK and SFI.
Recipients of the Best Paper Doctoral Award:
2011 Rémy Praz for his paper entitled "Equilibrium Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in the Presence of both Liquid and Illiquid Markets".
2010 Julien Cujean for his paper entitled "Equilibrium Asset Prices with Bid-Ask Spreads".
2009 Cornelius Schmidt for his paper entitled "How internal capital markets reduce conglomerates' values?".
2008 Laurent Frésard for his paper entitled "Financial Strength and Product Market Behaviors: The Real Effects of Corporate Cash Holdings".
2007 Sébastien Michenaud for his paper entitled "Analysts Consensus and Corporate Investment".
2006 Maria Cecilia Bustamante for her paper entitled "The Dynamics of Going Public".
Swiss Finance Institute Best Discussant Doctoral Award The annual SFI Best Discussant Doctoral Award was begun by SFI in 2007 and is awarded to PhD students for an outstanding discussion of a paper presented at the SFI / NCCR-FINRISK Annual PhD Workshop. The recipients are selected by the chairmen of the respective workshop sessions.
Recipients of the Best Discussant Doctoral Award:
2011 Peter Gruber Ngoc Giang Hoang Cornelius Schmidt
07.06.2012 - Zurich SFI Women Luncheon with Ms. Letha Sandison, Wrap Up Africa, Uganda Topic: "Utilizing a Market-Based Business Approach to Cure Pediatric Cancer in Africa"
