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We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2021 BlackRock Applied Research Award: Alexandru Barbu in the Finance program from the London Business School for his paper and research on "Ex-Post Loss Sharing in Consumer Financial Markets".
We also congratulate Alexandru's fellow finalists:
• Antonio Coppola, Harvard University, Economics
• Simon Schmickler, Princeton University, Economics
• Aymeric Bellon, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, Finance
• David Yang, Stanford University, Finance
Now in its sixth edition, the BlackRock Applied Research Award recognizes the top five job market papers submitted by PhD candidates on a practical topic pertaining to financial markets, economics, investment management, or risk management.
The Award will grant $20,000 to the winning job market paper submitted by PhD candidates and $2,500 to the runners-up. Job market papers should be based on quantitative research and provide practical solutions to the challenges faced by investors and risk managers.
Candidates must senesearch Award Academic Panel will review all submissions and notify the 5 finalists by d their applications to applied research award by October 20, 2021.
The BlackRock Applied Research Award Academic Panel will review all submissions and notify the 5 finalists by November 24, 2021.
Finalists will be invited to defend their job market paper on Thursday, December 2, 2021.
Award determination will be made by BlackRock’s Applied Research Award Academic Panel which consists of a panel of finance leaders from BlackRock and academia.
*All documents included in your application should be titled beginning with your last name