òòò½Íø Announces Award Recipients for 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Barbara H. Fiser
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Phone: (615) 322-3731
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NASHVILLE, TN (April 27, 2022) - 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 in January 2023.
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 2022 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
Oleg Itskhoki, University of California, Los Angeles
Distinguished Fellows
Sadie T. M. Alexander, Ph.D., J.D., University of Pennsylvania (dec.)
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carmen Reinhart, Harvard Kennedy School
Foreign Honorary Members
Oriana Bandiera, Italy
Luigi Guiso, Italy
Paul Klemperer, United Kingdom
John Van Reenen, United Kingdom
òòò½Íø Journal (AEJ) Best Paper Awards
Complimentary full-text articles are available at the web addresses referenced below.
AEJ: Applied Economics: "Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit Expansions: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Seven Randomized Experiments," by Rachael Meager 11(1), (pp. 57-91) January 2019
AEJ: Economic Policy: "Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions: Sweden as a Case Study," by Julius J. Andersson 11(4), (pp. 1-30) November 2019
AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Higher Taxes at the Top: The Role of Entrepreneurs," by Bettina Brüggemann 13(3), (pp. 1-36) July 2021
AEJ: Microeconomics: "Is No News (Perceived As) Bad News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Disclosure," by Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca, and Daniel Martin 13(2), (pp. 141-73) May 2021
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.