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GRASFI 2020 Annual Conference: Best Paper Prize Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of GRASFI 2020 Best Paper prizes.

Winners were announced at the GRASFI 3rd Annual Conference hosted online by Columbia University from 8-11 September 2020. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you again to our sponsors!

GRASFI Best Paper Prize:

“Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings” by Florian Berg, Julian Koelbel and Roberto Rigobon

GRASFI Best Ph.D. Paper Prize (sponsored by the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Journal):

“Do institutional investors foster a good society? Evidence from private prisons” by Eyub Yegen

GRASFI Best Paper for Potential Impact on Sustainable Finance Practices:

“Universal Ownership in Practice: A practical positive investment framework for asset owners” by Ellen Quigley

GRASFI Best Paper Prize for Research on Climate Finance (sponsored by Imperial College London):

“Credit risk sensitivity to carbon price” by Vincent Bouchet and Theo Le Guenedal

GRASFI Best Paper Prize for Research on the Role of the State in Sustainable Finance:

“The Cost of Debt of Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Firms: Evidence from Loan Data” by Oliver Schenker, Karol Kempa and Ulf Moslener

GRASFI Best Paper Prize on Measuring Impact:

“Shades of green: Life cycle assessment of renewable energy projects financed through green bonds” by Ioana Popescu, Thomas Gibon, Claudia Hitaj, Claudio Petucco and Enrico Benetto

GRASFI Best Paper Prize on ESG Standards:

“Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings” by Florian Berg, Julian Koelbel and Roberto Rigobon

GRASFI Best Paper Prize on Emerging Market Actors:

“Is Africa leapfrogging to renewables or heading for carbon lock-in? A machine-learning-based approach to predicting success of power-generation projects” by Galina Alova, Philipp Trotter and Alex Money.

GRASFI Best Paper Prize for Research on Sustainable Investment (sponsored by the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Journal):

“GRASFI Best Paper Prize for Research on Sustainable Investment” by Julia Meyer and Ola Mahmoud

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