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The 13th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 13th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Tianjin on July 11, 2018. Special thanks again to Professor Jun Pan, as well as CICF & SAIF for the continued support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2018:
1. “Investment Adviser Regulatory Jurisdiction and Reported Misconduct," Ben Charoenwong, National University of Singapore, Alan Kwan, The University of Hong Kong and Tarik Umar, Rice University
2. “Prime (Information) Brokerage," Nitish Kumar, University of Florida, Kevin Mullally, University of Alabama, Sugata Ray, University of Alabama and Yuehua Tang, University of Florida
The 12th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 12th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Hangzhou on July 13, 2017. Special thanks again to Professor Jun Pan, as well as CICF & SAIF for the continued support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2017:
1. “Customer Liquidity Provision: Implications for Corporate Bond Transaction Cos," Jaewon Choi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Yesol Huh, Federal Reserve Board
2. “When Finance Leaves does Enterprise Follow? The Lasting Impact of Bank Distress on Entrepreneurship," Tania Babina, Columbia University and Elizabeth Berger, Cornell University
The 11th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 11th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Xiamen on July 8, 2016. Special thanks again to Professor Jun Qian, as well as CICF & SAIF for the continued support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2016:
1. “The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital,” by Song Ma, Yale University
2. “Profit Sharing, Wisdom of the Crowd, and Theory of the Firm," Jiasun Li, University of California, Los Angeles
The 10th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 10th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Shenzhen on July 10, 2015. Special thanks again to Professors Jun Pan and Xiaoyun Yu, conference co-chairs for their support of our efforts, as well as CICF & SAIF for the support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2015:
1. “Investment Waves under Cross Learning,” by Shiyang Huang, London School of Economics and Yao Zeng, Harvard University
2. “Communication and Comovement: Evidence from Online Stock Forums," Lei Jiang, Georgia State University and Jinyu Liu, Tsinghua University
The 9th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 9th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Chengdu on July 11, 2014. Special thanks again to Professor Hong Yan, conference co-organizer for his support of our
efforts and Professors Michael Brennan and Jun Qian for presenting the award, as well as CICF & SAIF for the support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2014:
1. “Who Bears Firm Level Risk? Implications for Cash Flow Volatility,” by Xiaolan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles (now at the University of Texas at Austin); and
2. “The Interbank Market Run and Creditor Runs," by Xuewen Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The 8th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 8th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Shanghai on July 11, 2013. Special thanks again to Professor Hong Yan, conference co-organizer for his support of our
efforts and presenting the award, as well as CICF for its support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2013:
1. “Ex Post Equilibria in Double Auctions of Divisible Assets,” by Songzi Du of Simon Fraser University and Haoxiang Zhu of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and
2. “Myopic Agency," by John Zhu of University of Pennsylvania
The 7th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 7th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Chongqing on July 10, 2012. Special thanks again to Professor Harold Zhang, conference co-organizer for his support of our
efforts and CICF for its support for our award, and to Professor Michael Brennan for presenting the award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2012:
1. “The Servant of Two Masters: A Common Agency-Based Explanation for Side-by-Side Management,” by Dashan Huang of Washington Univ., St Louis; and
2. “Penalty-free Prepayments and Credit Rationing," by Xunhua Su of Norwegian School of Econ (visiting Wharton)
The 6th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 6th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Wuhan on July 5, 2011. Special thanks again to Professor Harold Zhang, conference co-organizer for his support of our
efforts and CICF for its support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2011:
1. “An Epidemiological Approach to Opinion and Price-Volume Dynamics ” by Dong Hong of Singapore Management University, Harrison Hong and Andrei Ungureanu of Princeton University; and
2. “Capital structure and volatility of risk” by Nikolay Halov, University of California, San Diego, Florian Heider of European Central Bank and Kose John of New York University, Stern School of Business
The 5th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 5th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Beijing on July 5, 2010. Special thanks again to Professor Jun Qian, conference co-organizer for his continuing support of our
efforts and CICF for its support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2010:
1. “Intertemporal Strategic Trading, Risk-averse Passive Investors, and Liquidity Dynamics” by Ming Guo of Beijing Univerisity, HSBC School of Business; and
2. “Nature or Nurture: What Determines Investor Behavior?” by Amir Barnea, Henrik Cronqvist of Claremont McKenna College and Stephan Siegel of University of Washington
The 4th Yihong Xia Best Paper Award is Announced
The 4th Yihong Xia Best Paper awards was handed out along with other best paper awards during the annual CICF
conference in Guang Zhou on July 8, 2009. We should all thank Professor Jun Qian, conference co-organizer for his continuing support of our
efforts and CICF for its support for our award.
We selected the following two papers for our award in 2009:
1. “Do shareholder preferences affect corporate policies?” by Johan Sulaeman of Southern Methodist University; and
2. “The Value of Independent Directors: Evidence from Sudden Deaths” by Dang Bang NGUYEN and Kasper Nielsen of Chinese University of Hong Kong
