The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the following PhD prizes (the runners up are ordered alphabetically):
Harriss Award for Best 2nd-year Paper
Winner: Tianhao Liu
title: “Beyond Unbounded Beliefs: Observational Learning with Multiple States”
Runner Up #1: Kate Musen
title: “Minimum Wages and Racial Infant Health Inequality: Evidence from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1966”
Runner Up #2: Natalie Yang
title: “Estimating Demand for New York City Bike-shares with Stockouts”
Wueller Pre-Dissertation Award for Best 4th-year Proposal
Winner: Akanksha Vardani
title: “Development and Residential Property Rights in Rural India”
Runner Up #1: Matthew Alampay Davis
title: “Global Inequality in the Climate Century”
Runner Up #2: Victoria Mooers
title: “Information, Institutions, and Political Behavior”
Reubens Travel and Research Award:
Winner: Akanksha Vardani
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