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WU Awards 2023

12/12/2023

Outstanding research and teaching achievements by WU students and faculty - The WU Awards put the spotlight on teachers and researchers whose achievements during the past year helped strengthen WU’s reputation for excellence and develop solutions to current economic and social challenges.

Numerous researchers from the Institute were honored by the Rector's Office for their dedication and research achievements over the past year. The Institute’s awarded achievements can be found below and in the brochure WU Awards 2023.

Best Paper Award

The WU Best Paper Award, established in 2000, is presented annually to the authors of outstanding academic contributions published in the previous calendar year. The WU Best Paper Award is funded by the WU Anniversary Fund of the City of Vienna and is presented in 4 categories.

Category 1: Quantitative-analytical or theoretical work

  • Pasquale Della Corte, Lucio Sarno, Maik Schmeling, Christian Wagner. 2022, Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk., Management Science, 68(8), pp. 5591–5617

Category 3: new research avenues

  • Konstantin Bräuer, Andreas Hackethal, Tobin Hanspal. 2022, Consuming Dividends., The Review of Financial Studies 35(10). pp. 4802–4857

Star Journal Article

Star Journal publications are articles by WU researchers published in outstanding international journals. These journals are listed in WU’s Star Journal List.

  • Bräuer, K., Hackethal, A., Hanspal, T.. 2022, Consuming Dividends., Review of Financial Studies, 35(10), 4802–4857.

Excellent Teaching

The Excellent Teaching Award gives special weight to our students’ opinions, because they are the ones who propose faculty members for this award. After expiration of the nomination period, the students’ submissions are forwarded to a jury that selects the winners based on course syllabi, evaluation results, and the reasons given in the students’ proposals.

  • Manfred Frühwirth

Outstanding Research Achievements

WU awards bonuses to its researchers for publications in internationally renowned journals and other outstanding academic achievements.

  • Crespo Cuaresma, J., & Lutz, S., 2021, Modelling and projecting digital trends in European regions: an econometric framework., Regional Studies, 55(10–11), 1696–1710.

  • Bu, D., Hanspal, T., Liao, Y., 2022, Political Corruption, Trust, and Household Stock Market Participation., Journal of Banking & Finance, 138.

  • Monti, A., Pattitoni, P., Petracci, B., Randl, O., 2022, Does corporate social responsibility impact equity risk? International evidence. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 59(4), 825–855.

  • Cziraki, P., Laux, C., Lóránth, G., 2022, Understanding Bank Payouts during the Crisis of 2007–2009., Review of Corporate Finance Studies, cfac0.
    Christian Laux

  • Pagano, M., Zechner, J., 2022, COVID-19 and Corporate Finance., Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 11(4), 849–879.

Acquisition of third-party funding

These research project carried out by WU researchers have been awarded third-party funding after undergoing rigorous international peer review.

  • Monetary Policy, Intermediaries, and Asset Prices
    Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
    Christian Wagner

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