Annual Meeting Prizes

EFA 2026 Best Conference Paper Prize (€3,000)

The Best Conference Paper Prize is the highest distinction awarded to an academic paper presented during the EFA 2026 Annual Meeting.

Prize Committee

• M. Cecilia Bustamante, University of Maryland
• Eric Ghysels, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Yiming Ma, Columbia University

The Engelbert Dockner Memorial Prize for the Best Paper by Young Researchers (€3,000)

The EFA awards a prize in memory of Engelbert Dockner (EFA President in 2016) for the best paper presented at the conference by a young researcher. The prize is granted annually for the 2025–2029 period.
The winning paper is selected from among those written by young researcher(s) and accepted for presentation at the EFA Annual Meeting. A young researcher is defined as a PhD student or a scholar/professor who completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the respective EFA Annual Meeting. Papers co-authored exclusively with other young researchers are eligible.

Prize Committee

• Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
• Annamaria Lusardi, Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Emmanuel A. Yimfor, Columbia Business School

Review of Finance Awards

2026 IQAM Prize (€5,000)

The IQAM Prize will be awarded at the European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting for the best paper published in the Review of Finance in the field of investment and asset pricing. The prize-winning paper is selected by the journal’s Editorial Board.

2026 Pagano and Zechner Award (€5,000)

The Pagano and Zechner Award will be awarded at the EFA Annual Meeting for the best paper published in the Review of Finance in any field excluding investment and asset pricing. The prize-winning paper is selected by the journal’s Editorial Board.

2026 Distinguished Referee Awards

The Distinguished Referee Awards will be presented at the EFA Annual Meeting to three scholars who have provided outstanding refereeing services to the Review of Finance. The journal’s Editors nominate the winners, and the Managing Editor selects them.

Doctoral Tutorial Prize

EFA Doctoral Tutorial Best Paper Prize (€1,500)

The best paper presented at the 2026 EFA Doctoral Tutorial will be recognized with the EFA Doctoral Tutorial Prize.