Erik Devos, Bill Elliott, and Murali Jagannathan, Co-Editors of the Journal of Financial Research, have selected the following as outstanding articles published in 2020.
The award for Outstanding Article in Corporate Finance, from the Summer 2020 issue, “Postcrisis M&As and the Impact of Financial Constraints” written by Sean Cleary and Ashrafee Hossain.
The award for Outstanding Article in Market Microstructure, from the Fall 2020 issue, “Jumps, News, and Subsequent Return Dynamics: an Intraday Study” written by Yuewen Xiao, Xiangkang Yin, and Jing Zhao.
We congratulate the authors of both papers and thank all who choose the JFR as their primary outlet in which to publish high quality research in finance.