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  • May 1, 2019

òòò½Íø Announces Award Recipients for 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Barbara H. Fiser
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NASHVILLE, TN (May 1, 2019) - The òòò½Íø (òòò½Íø) announces recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal, Distinguished Fellows, Foreign Honorary Members, and the "Best Paper Awards" of the òòò½Íø òòò½Íø. These outstanding achievements will be honored at the òòò½Íø Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2020, in San Diego, California.

Awarded annually to an economist under the age of 40, the John Bates Clark Medal recognizes outstanding research accomplishments in economics. The òòò½Íø Electoral College, consisting of the Association's Honors and Awards Committee and voting members of the Executive Committee, selects the winner.  A list of Clark Medal recipients is available at /about-aea/honors-awards/bates-clark.

The Distinguished Fellow awards recognize the lifetime research contributions of distinguished economists. Since 1965, past presidents of the òòò½Íø are recognized as Distinguished Fellows, and up to four additional individuals may be elected for the award in one calendar year. Distinguished Fellows are selected by the òòò½Íø Nominating Committee and voting members of the Executive Committee, sitting together as an electoral college. A list of current and past Distinguished Fellows is available at /about-aea/honors-awards/distinguished-fellows.

The Foreign Honorary Members award is presented to foreign economists of distinction. Honorees are elected by the òòò½Íø's Executive Committee upon recommendation from the Honors and Awards committee. A list of current Foreign Honorary Members is available at /about-aea/honors-awards/foreign-honorary-members.

The annual òòò½Íø Journal (AEJ) "Best Paper Awards" highlight the best paper published in each of the òòò½Íø òòò½Íø: Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics over the last three years. Nominations are provided by òòò½Íø members, and winners are selected by the journals' editors, co-editors, and boards of editors. A list of current and past AEJ Best Paper Award winners is available at /about-aea/honors-awards/aej-best-papers.

A list of the 2019 award winners is provided below. For more information about these awards, the recipients, and biographies of the John Bates Clark Medalist and Distinguished Fellows, visit .

The òòò½Íø Awards Results


John Bates Clark Medalist

Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley


Distinguished Fellows

Oliver Hart, Harvard University
Edward Lazear, Stanford University
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Margaret Slade, The University of British Columbia


Foreign Honorary Members

Hélène Rey, France


òòò½Íø Journal (AEJ) "Best Paper Awards"
Complimentary full-text articles are available at the web addresses referenced below.

AEJ: Applied Economics: "Expertise versus Bias in Evaluation: Evidence from the NIH," by Danielle Li 9(2), (pp. 60-92) April 2017

AEJ: Economic Policy: "Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture," by Marshall Burke and Kyle Emerick 8(3), (pp. 106-140) August 2016

AEJ: Macroeconomics: "The Firm Size Distribution across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology," by Markus Poschke 10(3), (pp. 1-41) July 2018

AEJ: Microeconomics: "A Pseudo-Market Approach to Allocation with Priorities," by Yinghua He, Antonio Miralles, Marek Pycia, and Jianye Yan 10(3), (pp. 274-314) August 2018


About the òòò½Íø

The òòò½Íø (òòò½Íø) encourages economic research, issues publications on economic subjects, and encourages perfect freedom of economic discussion. With more than 20,000 members, the Association publishes the òòò½Íø Review (AER), AER: Insights (AERI)Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP), òòò½Íø Papers and Proceedings, and òòò½Íø òòò½Íø (AEJ): Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics. More information can be found at , or by contacting Barbara H. Fiser at barbara.h.fiser@Vanderbilt.Edu.