The Brandes Institute issued a press release announcing the 2017 Charles Brandes Prize winners. The prize is awarded to authors of unpublished research papers pertaining to Benjamin Graham-based principles of long-only equity investing.
The first prize of $15,000 USD was awarded to Samuel Hartzmark, University of Chicago and David Solomon, Boston College, for their paper on "The Dividend Disconnect".
The runner-up prize of $5,000 USD was awarded to George Athanassakos, Ivey Business School and Vasiliki Athanasakou, London School of Economics, for their paper on "Earnings Quality and the Value Premium".
See the pdf version of the press release here.
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