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
