The competition of the Best Paper of the conference Economic Competitiveness and Sustainability is organized in 2026 by the Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University in Brno. Eligible for participation is every paper with completed succesfull registration and which is accepted to the presentation at the conference ECOS 2026 according to current Terms and Conditions. The interest in participation at the competition must be indicated during the submission via EasyChair conference system.
Categories: In 2026 the competition is organized in one category only.
The prize for the winner is 10 000 CZK.
The awarding ceremony will be held on Day 1 of the conference, Thursday 26th March 2026.
The authors of the best paper will present their paper at the conference Plenary session.
Winners will be notified 14 days in advance of the ceremony.
BEST PAPER COMPETITION WINNERS
Senior Category:
| YEAR | AUTHORS | PAPER |
| 2025 | Florian Horky, Sovan Mitra, Boru Ren and Marian Chatoro | The Complexity of Energy Transition Risk: Risk Management and Policy Implications with Catastrophe Bonds |
| 2024 | Florian Horky and Jarko Fidrmuc | Financial Development and Renewable Energy Adoption in EU and ASEAN Countries |
| 2023 | Aleš Maršál | Undesired Consequences of Calvo Pricing in a Non-linear World |
| 2022 | Michal Mádr and Radek Náplava | Polarization between companies in European industries |
Junior Category:
| YEAR | AUTHORS | PAPER |
| 2025 | Peter Albrecht and Daniel Pastorek | Risk Without Reward? The Introduction of Bitcoin spot ETFs |
| 2024 | Peter Albrecht, David Maňoušek and Daniel Pastorek | Riding the Waves of Crypto Sentiment: Examining the Dynamics Between Returns and Sentiment in the Cryptocurrency Market |
| 2023 | Boris Fišera | Distributional E ects of Exchange Rate Depreciations: Beggar-Thy-Neighbour or Beggar-Thyself? |
| 2022 | Boris Fišera | Exchange Rates and the Speed of Economic Recovery: The Role of Financial Development |