Renewable Governance: Good for the Environment?, with Alexander Dyck, Karl Lins, Lukas Roth, and Mitch Towner. Forthcoming at Journal of Accounting Research

- Best Paper Award presented at the FMA Global Conference in Latin America 2019, Winner, Bogotá

Family Firms and Labor Market Regulation, with Morten Bennedsen, Sterling Huang and Stefan Zeume, 2019, Review of Corporate Finance Studies 8, 348-379.

-          FFI Best Unpublished Research Honorable Mention Award 2018, Winner

The Early Returns to International Hedge Fund Activism: 2000-2010, with Marco Becht, Julian Franks and Jeremy Grant, 2019, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 31, 62-80.

The Value of Offshore Secrets – Evidence from the Panama Papers, with James O’Donovan and Stefan Zeume, 2019, Review of Financial Studies 32, 4117-4155.

-          Michael J. Brennan Award for Best Paper Published in the Review of Financial Studies, 2020, Runner-up

-          Editor’s Choice

Do Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Social Responsibility? International Evidence, with Alexander Dyck, Karl Lins, Lukas Roth, 2019, Journal of Financial Economics 131, 693-714.

·         Top 20 Most Cited Articles since 2017 in the Journal of Financial Economics

·         Investment for Impact Research Prize 2017, Runner-up, Center for Responsible Business, Berkeley-Haas

Do Qualifications Matter? New Evidence on Board Functions and Director Compensation, with Viktar Fedaseyeu and James Linck, 2018, Journal of Corporate Finance 48, 816-839.

-          Southwestern Finance Association Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance 2014, Winner, Dallas

Returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study, with Marco Becht, Julian Franks, and Jeremy Grant, 2017, Review of Financial Studies 30, 2933-2971

-          CAMRI Prize in Asset Management 2015, Winner

The Survival of the Weakest: Flourishing Family Firms in Germany, with Julian Franks and Colin Mayer, 2015, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, 27-35.

Does Family Control Matter? International Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis, with Karl Lins and Paolo Volpin, 2013, Review of Financial Studies 26, 2583-2619.

-          S.A.C. Capital Advisors Best Conference Paper Award presented at the 39th European Finance Association Annual Meeting 2012, Winner

The Life Cycle of Family Ownership: International Evidence, with Julian Franks, Colin Mayer and Paolo Volpin, 2012, Review of Financial Studies 25, 1675-1712.

Leverage and Pricing of Debt in LBOs, with Paolo Colla and Filippo Ippolito, 2012, Journal of Corporate Finance 18, 124-137.

Where do Firms Incorporate? Deregulation and the Cost of Entry, with Marco Becht and Colin Mayer, 2008, Journal of Corporate Finance 14, 241-256.

The Origins of the German Corporation – Finance Ownership, and Control, with Julian Franks and Colin Mayer, 2006, Review of Finance 10, 537-585.