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Distinguished Paper Awards: 

Since 1993 the academy has given an award for the best paper presented at the annual meeting.  The judging is done by the editorial review board.  Currently the award is called the McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper AwardFollowing is the list of award winners.

Year

Distinguished Paper Title, Author(s), and Affiliation (at time of award)

 2009
 
 2008 "Testing the Market Efficiency for Different Market Capitalization Funds," Hossein Varamini, Elizabethtown College; and Svetlana Kalash, McKonly & Asbury, LLP.
 2007 “Do Underwriter Warrants Signal Long-Run Growth Potential?” Sung C. Bae, Bowling Green State University; Hoje Jo, Santa Clara University.
 2006 “Analysis of the Wealth Impact of Re-Allocation Decisions by Institutional Plan Sponsors,” Jeffrey Heisler, Gottex Fund Management; Christopher R. Knittel, University of California-Davis; John J. Neumann, St. John’s University; Scott D. Stewart, Boston University
 2005 “Corporate Ownership Structure and Governance: Is There a Link?,” by Sheri Faircloth, Ali Nejadmalayeri, and Manohar Singh, all from University of Nevada Reno.
 2004 "Currency Crises and Exchange Rae Behavior:  Developed Country Markets Versus Emerging Country Markets," by Rajarshi (Raj) Aroskar, University of Wisconsin Eau Clair and Peggy E. Swanson, University of Texas at Arlington.
 2003

“Testing the Theory Underlying the Dogs of Dow Investment Strategy,” by Allan W. Middleton, Ohio University Lancaster.

 2002 "Asymmetric Reverting Behavior of Stock Returns in MENA Capital Markets," by Eric Girard, Indiana State University, and Tarek Zaher, Indiana State University.
 2001 "Do Borrowers with Different Size Mortgages Exhibit Similar Prepayment Behavior? An Analysis of Fannie Mae Mortgage Pools," by Helen M. Currie, Elon College, Ed Duett, Mississippi State University, and Dayne Zimmerman, First Union Securities.
 2000 "Predicting Short Term Interest Rates: Empirical Evidence From an Error Correction Model," by Asim Ghosh, Saint Josephs University, and Robert Boldin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
 1999 "Using Discriminant Analysis to Predict the Market reaction to Dividend Initiations," by Zhenhu Jin, Illinois Wesleyan University and Yanxiang Gu, Illinois Wesleyan University.
 1998 "Leveraged Buyouts, Firm Performance, and the Statement of Cash Flows," by Kevin M. Bahr, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
 1997 "Municipal Portfolio Risk: Hedging Effectiveness Based on the Error Correction Model," by Asim Ghosh, Saint Joseph's University, and Robert J. Boldin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
 1996 "Forecasting Daily Cash Receipts and Disbursements: An Application of Combined Regression and ARIMA Method," by Monzurula Hoque, Saint Xavier University, James A. Gentry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Paul Newbold, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
 1995 "Should We Diversify Internationally? - A Positive Answer From Hong Kong and Singapore Stock Markets Using Chaos Analysis," by Monzurul Hogue, Saint Xavier University.
 1994 "Performance of Foreign Exchange Rate Forecasts for the German Mark," by Jong C. Rhim, University of Southern Indiana, and Mohammed F. Khayum, University of Southern Indiana.
 1993 "Dutch Auction Self-Tender Offers: Bid Characteristics, Market Premiums and Outcomes," by Fred J. Ebeid, Western Illinois University.

 

Last update on September 14, 2009. E-mail any comments to: robert.balik@wmich.edu