Top Finance Graduate Award 2014 in pictures
Maryam Farboodi
Top Finance Graduate Award 2014
On June 4, 2014 Center for Financial Frictions and the Department of Finance hosted the second Top Finance Graduate Award that recognizes the world's best PhD graduates in Finance. The first of the annual Top Finance Graduate Award was held in May 2013.
Photographer: Anders Meldgård Kjemtrup
The winners of the Top Finance Graduate Award 2014:
Maryam Farboodi, PhD from Booth School of Business and Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Michael Weber, PhD from Haas School of Business – University of California, Berkeley
Victoria Vanasco, PhD from University of California, Berkeley
François Geerolf, PhD from Sciences Po Paris
Boris Vallee, PhD from HEC Paris
Eduardo Dávila, PhD from Harvard University
Award Selection Committee
Nicholas Barberis, Yale University, School of Management
Patrick Bolton, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business and Department of Economics
John Campbell, Harvard University, Department of Economics
Darrell Duffie, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
Toby Moskowitz, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Lasse H. Pedersen (chair), Copenhagen Business School and New York University
Research Presentations
The winners presented their current research during the full-day program.
Maryam Farboodi: “Intermediation and Voluntary Exposure to Counterparty Risk”
Michael Weber: “Nominal Rigidities and Asset Pricing”
Victoria Vanasco: “Information Acquisition vs. Liquidity in Financial Markets”
François Geerolf: “A Theory of Power Law Distributions for the Returns to Capital and of the Credit Spread Puzzle”
Boris Vallée: “Catering to Investors through Product Complexity“
Eduardo Dávila: “Optimal Financial Transaction Taxes”
Award Ceremony
Award Selection Commitee member John Campbell from Harvard University presented the award to the winners, below with Michael Weber.
Photographer: Anders Meldgård Kjemtrup
More about the Top Finance Graduate Award 2014 on www.financegradaward.cbs.dk