In the 45th EBES Conference, John P. Rust Best Paper Award went to 

“Around the Clock: Sleep Deprivation and Financial Analysts Performance” by Yujie Song from ESSEC Business School, France.

We would like to thank to Springer Nature for their support to the Best Paper Award.

Runner-up paper is “Hurst-Hölder Regularity and Fair Volatility” by Sergio Bianchi from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Daniele Angelini from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Federico Bianchi from ESSEC Business School, France; Massimiliano Frezza from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; and Augusto Pianese from University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy.

Third paper is “Signaling through Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions” by James Juichia Lin from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Yin-Hua Yeh from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; and Chien Chan from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.