10th National PhD Workshop in Finance

The Swedish House of Finance (SHoF) organized the 10th National Workshop for PhD students in Finance on September 28-29. The workshop offered students from a Nordic institution the possibility to present their research and get feedback from faculty and fellow students. The workshop was meant to bring together PhD students and faculty in Finance from all Sweden to share and discuss their work.

The conference was held online via Zoom. The workshop started after lunch time on the 28th and ended at lunch time on the 29th. The sessions consisted of PhD student presentations, each followed by a discussion from a faculty member of a Swedish institution.

We are glad to announce that the Program Committee gave The Ola Bengtsson Award for best Finance PhD paper, as well as an award for the best discussion during the workshop.

Magnus Dahlquist, the Peter Wallenberg Professor of Finance at SSE, gave a keynote speech during the conference.

Ola Bengtsson Award for best Finance PhD paper

We are very happy to announce that Valentin Schubert from SSE, Department of Finance won the award for Best PhD Paper in the memory of Ola Bengtsson with his paper "Is Flood Risk Priced in Bank Returns?"

The Program Committee will give The Ola Bengtsson Award for best Finance PhD paper with a SEK 30.000 prize. There will also be a SEK 20.000 prize for the best discussion of a paper by a faculty member. Both prizes are financed thanks to a generous contribution from the Nasdaq Nordic Foundation*.

* Note that these amounts are not tax-deductible.

Call for papers

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