2026 MF Best Paper Award Winner

2026 Modern Finance Best Paper Award Winner

The editorial team of Modern Finance is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Best Paper and Runner-Up Awards:

The following paper has won the prize for the best article published in Modern Finance in the year 2025:

“Could ChatGPT have earned abnormal returns? A retrospective test from the U.S. stock market” 
by Marc LoGrasso
Modern Finance, 2025, 3(3), 112–132.
Available online: https://doi.org/10.61351/mf.v3i3.327

In recognition of this achievement, the winners will receive a certificate and €500.00. Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2026 Modern Finance Best Paper Award.

We are also pleased to announce the Runner-Up Award winner:

“On the connectedness between climate policy uncertainty, green bonds, and equity”
by David Y. Aharon, Ender Demir, and Zaghum Umar
Modern Finance, 2025, 3(1), 25–37.
Available online: https://doi.org/10.61351/mf.v3i1.230

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our contributors for their continued support of Modern Finance. Your dedication to advancing research in finance is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Adam Zaremba
Editor-in-Chief, Modern Finance