Research & Prizes

Best Paper Prizes

The Research Bureau sponsors several prizes for research papers that are presented at national conferences and are awarded by academic foundations. Currently, The Bureau supports the following:

Financial Research Association Annual Best Paper Prize
Colorado University Center for Consumer Financial Decision-Making, Best Paper in Consumer Finance
The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) Rising Scholars Award
Finance Theory Group Best Job Market Paper in Theory

Research Papers

Best Paper Prize: Financial Research Association

How (Not) to Identify Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Asset Markets

Jules H. van Binsbergen, Benjamin David, and Christian C. Opp

Credit Building or Credit Crumbling? A Credit Builder Loan’s Effects on Consumer Behavior and Market Efficiency in the United States

Jeremy Burke, Julian Jamison, Dean Karlan, Kata Mihaly, and Jonathan Zinman

Review of Financial Studies 36: 1585-1620, 2023.

Regulatory Arbitrage or Random Errors? Implications of Race Prediction Algorithms in Fair Lending Analysis

Greenwald, Howell, Li, and Yimfor

Journal of Financial Economics 157: 103857, 2024.

Household Working Capital and Inventory Management Returns

Scott R. Baker, Stephanie G. Johnson, and Lorenz Kueng

Journal of Financial Economics 151: 103758, 2024.

Economic research on decision making in retail financial markets has been enormously important for guiding households to wiser financial choices and for designing policies that better protect consumers. The Bureau is stepping up to provide this much-needed catalyst for improving the American financial system.

John Beshears, PhD

Alfred J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration – Harvard University

Consumer are often poorly informed and susceptible to making serious financial mistakes that have great personal and societal consequences. Basic science research enhances our understanding of how they can be helped to make better decisions through public policy, business, and consumer education. The Bureau plays an important role in supporting research that truly matters to improving consumer welfare.

John G. Lynch, PhD

Distinguished Professor – Colorado University