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

Strategic Price Complexity in Retail Financial Markets

Bruce I. Carlin

Journal of Financial Economics  91: 278-287, 2009.

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Quote Marks

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

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