Awards

We want to announce the call for nominations for the annual Vernon L. Smith Excellence Award (VSEA) in Experimental Finance.

The Society for Experimental Finance and Chapman University will award a prize of US$2000 for the best article published in 2022 using the method "Experimental Finance". We invite the author, or a representative of the authors, to present this article at the EF2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria (June 2023).

We invite you to nominate a peer-reviewed article published in 2022; the publishing date must be the in-print date. Please send your nomination via email to office@experimentalfinance.org with the subject “VSEA”.

A panel will evaluate the papers and decide on the winner. The panel members are: Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Stefan Palan (University of Graz), Dave Porter (Chapman University).

The deadline for submitting a nomination is March 15, 2023.

We are looking forward to receiving your nominations!

For further questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Sascha Füllbrunn via office@experimentalfinance.org.

Do you have a research idea related to a finance topic (such as financial economics, corporate finance, household finance, or sustainable finance) but need more funding to run experiments? Did you receive your PhD after 2017, or do you not yet have a PhD? Then apply for the Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award (VSYA) in Experimental Finance to fund your experimental research. 

The Society for Experimental Finance and Chapman University award two times $4,000 for the best-submitted research proposals using experimental finance methodology. We thank Chapman University for sponsoring the prize in 2023. 

We ask you to submit a research proposal in line with a standard pre-registration form. You can download the submission form with all details here. The deadline for submitting proposals is March 31, 2023. We will announce the winners by April 28, 2023. 

A panel consisting of Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Stefan Palan (University of Graz), and Dave Porter (Chapman University) will evaluate the anonymized proposals and decide on the two winner proposals.

We are looking forward to receiving your proposals!

For further questions, please get in touch with Sascha Füllbrunn via office@experimentalfinance.org. 

We are pleased to announce that Lionel Page and Christoph  Siemroth won the 2022 Vernon L. Smith Excellence Award in Experimental Finance for their paper "How much information is incorporated into financial asset price? Empirical evidence", published in The Review of Financial Studies (https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaa143 ).

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of the studies and is convinced that both papers make a very important contribution to Finance research. The panel members are Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Stefan Palan (University of Graz).

Congratulations to all authors for their contributions.

We are pleased to announce that Muhammad Meki won the 2022 Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award in Experimental Finance for his submission "Equity-based microfinance and risk preferences", to the 2022 Experimental Finance Conference.

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of the studies and is convinced that both papers make a very important contribution to Finance research. The panel members are Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Stefan Palan (University of Graz).

Congratulations to Muhammad!

We are pleased to announce that Isabel Trevino has won the 2021 Vernon L. Smith Excellence Award in Experimental Finance for her paper "Information Channels of Financial Contagion", published in Econometrica (econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/2020/01/01/informational-channels-financial-contagion).

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of this study and is convinced that it makes a very important contribution to Finance research. The panel members are Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Utz Weitzel (VU Amsterdam and Radboud University).

The award and special recognition will be handed over officially during the conference dinner at the next Experimental Finance World Conference to be held online on June 16-18, 2021.

Congratulations Isabel!

We are pleased to announce that Immanuel Lampe and Matthias Weber have won the 2021 Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award in Experimental Finance for their submission "Intertemporal Prospect Theory" to the 2021 Experimental Finance Conference.

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of this study and is convinced that it makes a very important contribution to Finance research. The panel members are Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Utz Weitzel (VU Amsterdam and Radboud University).

The award will be handed over officially at the next (virtual) Experimental Finance World Conference in June 2021.

Congratulations Immanuel and Matthias!

We are pleased to announce that Edward Halim, Yohanes Riyanto, and Nilanjan Roy won the 2020 Vernon L. Smith Excellence Award in Experimental Finance for their paper "Costly Information Acquisition, Social Networks, and Asset Prices: Experimental Evidence", published in the Journal of Finance (https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12768).

The award panel also wants to give special recognition to the paper "An Experimental Test of the Lucas Asset Pricing Model" by Sean Crockett, John Duffy, and Yehuda Izhakian, published in the Review of Economic Studies (https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy035).

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of the studies and is convinced that both papers make a very important contribution to Finance research. The panel members are Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Utz Weitzel (VU Amsterdam and Radboud University).

The award and special recognition will be handed over officially during the conference dinner at the next Experimental Finance World Conference in Innsbruck in June 16-18, 2021.

Congratulations to all authors for their contributions.

We are pleased to announce the two joint-winners of the 2020 Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award in Experimental Finance:

- Beliefs About the Stock Market and Investment Choices: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Laudenbach, Christine; Weber, Annika; Wohlfart, Johannes

- Are Women Really Better Borrowers in Microfinance? Evidence from Matrilineal and Patrilineal Societies in India

Mukherjee, Shagata

The award panel is impressed by the depth and scope of the work and is convinced that both papers make an important contribution to Finance research. The panel members were Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah), Michael Kirchler (University of Innsbruck), Dave Porter (Chapman University), and Utz Weitzel (VU Amsterdam and Radboud University).  

With the award, which is jointly sponsored by the SEF and Chapman University, comes  to prize money of US$ 4000. (The panel awarded this year's Young Talent to two submissions, each of which receives US$ 4000.) In accepting the award, the winners confirm that they will use the prize money for future research projects.

The award will be handed over officially during the conference dinner at the next Experimental Finance World Conference in Innsbruck in June 16-18, 2021 (the 2020 conference is cancelled due to COVID-19).

Congratulations to all authors for their contributions.