ICEF Graduates and Students Announced Winners of Student Research Paper Competition-2022

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The HSE University has summed up the results of its Student Research Paper Competition-2022, held among students and graduates. For the representatives of ICEF, this contest was yet another proof of their excellent performance. Four won prizes as best finance and economics papers, three more received an honourable mention. This year’s competition among participants was greater than ever: since 2021 the authors of the winning papers receive a special scholarship from HSE for exceptional academic achievements.

Daria Yakovleva’s Corporate Governance Gender Diversity and Company Performance: Evidence From Russia was announced second best in the nomination “2022 Best Master’s and Graduate Student Research Paper in Finance”. Research supervisor: Vladimir Sokolov.

The paper by Francesca Macchia, Testing Financial Bubbles and Price Explosive Behaviour in Cryptocurrency Markets, claimed third place. Research supervisor: Maria Guglielmo Caporale.

Daniil Serdyuk’s Modelling The Effect of Government on Political Myths and Ideologies was announced third best in the nomination “2022 Best Bachelor’s and Specialist Degree Student Research Paper in Economics”. Research supervisor: Georgy Lukyanov.

Meilis Orazov, who holds a master’s degree from ICEF, was announced third best in the nomination “2022 Best Master’s and Graduate Student Research Paper in Economics” for his paper The Interaction of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies in the Presence of Financial Frictions. Research supervisor: Udara Peiris.

Three papers earned the honourable mention:

Model of Online and offline Competition at the Market for Vocational Education by BSc programme graduate Alexander Shivarov. Nomination: 2022 Best Master’s and Graduate Student Research Paper in Economics. Research supervisor: Alla Friedman.

Machine Learning-Assisted Forecasting of Corporate Bond Ratings by 3-year student Vera Vidovich. Nomination: 2022 Best Bachelor’s and Specialist Degree Student Research Paper in Finance. Research supervisor: Ivan Kolesnikov.

Optimizing the Expected Yield of Bond Portfolio Through the Use of Structured Products by BSc programme graduate Vyacheslav Buchkov. Nomination: 2022 Best Master’s and Graduate Student Research Paper in Finance. Research supervisor: Veronika Chistotinova.

For more about this year’s student research paper competition please click here.

Congratulations to the winners and participants! We wish you further success!

Meilis Orazov, MSc programme graduate of 2022

Having always had an interest in macroeconomics and economic modeling, in my first year of master’s study I joined an international online conference dedicated to financial soundness. One of its papers discussed the interaction of two policies – monetary and macroprudential. I discussed this topic with my supervisor, whose research interests encompass financial soundness, and he told me where to start.

Often, the hardest part in the research process is to find that article and model to serve as basis for your research. Your supervisor plays an important role here.

The rest is a matter of networking. Once you’ve read the required scope of literature and have the vision of your ultimate result, try to make the most of your connections in research community. By combining the experience of other researchers and the tools available to me, I was able to shape my research into a cohesive paper.

My paper winning the award means that my academic achievements have been high enough to be noticed by the faculty and the top researchers of the HSE. They rated my paper as one of the bests. I feel immensely honoured. The next important step is to try to get my paper published, which involves first presenting it to conferences, discussing it with experienced researchers, adjusting and improving the text, and receiving valuable feedback from the reviewers.