$25,000 Brandes Center Call for Papers Contest

Description

UC SAN DIEGO’S BRANDES CENTER INVITES YOU TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY FOR THE BRANDES PRIZE

We are looking for original, unpublished and not-yet-accepted-for-publication research on value investing. The contest is open to current graduate/post-graduate students and professors. ALL entries must focus on some aspect of value investing. A few ideas:

1. What are today’s most insidious behavioral biases when investing (for individuals and/or institutions)? How do these biases create opportunities—and risks—for value investors?
2. How can investors best apply Benjamin Graham-based principles to solve current issues?
3. How has artificial intelligence (AI) affected value investing? And how may it influence value creation and/or assessment in the future?
4. What macroeconomic developments (inflation, socio-political tensions, climate change, debt levels, etc.) have had the greatest influence on value investing? What does the future hold?
5. How has value investing evolved? How can investors best apply value principles today?
6. What are today’s greatest corporate governance issues? How do they affect firm valuation? How can value investors best respond?

Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025

* Each paper must include an abstract that summarizes the issue, methodology and solution in 500 words or fewer.
* Each paper will be reviewed by members of The Brandes Center. Winning entries will be selected by members of The Brandes Center Advisory Board, Executive Committee and/or Faculty Council who volunteer as judges.
* COMPENSATION FOR WINNER(S): The Brandes Center will recognize two, winning papers (one by a professor or professors and one by a graduate/post-graduate student or students) attending and/or teaching at an accredited university.
The winning entries will split: a $25,000 total award pool (the split to be determined by the judges). The minimum prize for either winner(s) will be $5,000. The maximum prize for either winner will be $20,000. Prize money sponsored by Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.

Submit entries to: rpschmidt@ucsd.edu

Additional Information

https://rady.ucsd.edu/why/centers/brandes/