The 2016 award winners are
Jaime Casassus, Pontifica U. Catolica de Chile, for his paper titled The Economic Impact of Oil on Industry Portfolios |
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Florentina Paraschiv, U. of St. Gallen, for her paper titled A Structural Model for Electricity Forward Prices |
The 2016 best paper award has a cash prize of 1,500 € (funded by the ECOMFIN Research Center) and is awarded to a student whose paper was accepted and presented at the annual meeting. This year, the awards are dedicated to Professor Carl Chiarella (1944-2016) in memory of his outstanding contributions in the field of quantitative finance, financial economics, and macroeconomic dynamics.