European Financial Management Association
2012 Annual Meetings
June 27- 30, 2012
Barcelona, Spain


EFMA CONFERENCE BEST PAPER AWARD ($2,000)

B.ESPEN ECKBO, KARIN S. THORBURN and WEI WANG
"How Costly is Corporate Bankruptcy for Top Executives?"


LARRY LANG CORPORATE FINANCE BEST PAPER AWARD ($2,000)

CHRISTOPH SCHNEIDER and OLIVER SPALT

"Conglomerate Investment, Skewness, and the CEO Long Shot Bias"



GLOBAL ASSOCIATION OF RISK PROFESSIONALS (GARP) RISK MANAGEMENT AWARD ($2,500)

GEORGE PENNACCHI, THEO VERMAELEN and CHRISTIAN C.P.WOLFF

"Contingent Capital : The Case for COERCs"


JOHN A. DOUKAS Ph.D. BEST PAPER AWARD ($1,500)

CLAIRE CELERIER

"Debt Structure and Non-Exclusive Competition"

HAOYONG ZHOU

"Are Family Firms Better performers during Financial Crisis?"


NYSE EURONEXT CAPITAL MARKETS BEST PAPER AWARD

ANDREA BURASCHI, PAOLO PORCHIA and FABIO TROJANI

"The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns: Learning about Distress and Predictability in Heterogeneous Orchards"