Honors and Prizes
The Dhrymes Econometrics Award
The Dhrymes Econometrics Award was created by the Department of Economics thanks to an anonymous donation. It honors the memory of Professor Phoebus Dhrymes (1932-2016), a distinguished econometrician who taught at the Department from 1973 to 2013 . The award provides support to doctoral students who (i) are pursuing research in econometrics (theoretical or applied), and (ii) are enrolled in their third or fourth year.
The list of award winners is as follows:
2017/18:
Junlong Feng and Leonard Goff
2018/19:
Nathaniel Mark and Xiao Xu
2019/20:
Bruno de Albuquerque Furtado and Paul Koh
In Memoriam | Phoebus J. Dhrymes
Harriss 2nd Year Paper Award
The list of award winners is as follows:
Winner: Roman Rivera for “A More Diverse Police Academy Improves Job Performance”
Runners up (alphabetically):
The Padma Desai Dissertation Prize
The Padma Desai Dissertation Prize is awarded each year to a Ph.D. candidate who provided the best dissertation defense. This prize was generously endowed by Professors Padma Desai and Jagdish Bhagwati in 2019.
The list of award winners is as follows:
2018/19:
Weijie Zhong
2019/20:
Juan Herreno
Vickrey Award for Best Third-Year Paper
Each year, the Academic Awards Committee evaluates papers from third-year Ph.D.s.
The list of award winners is as follows:
2019/20:
Winner: Yi Jie Gwee for “Great Expectations: Coordinating Devices and Urban Development in 17th Century London”
Runner Up #1: Sakshi Gupta for “Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: Evidence from India”
Runners Up #2: Andrew Olenski and Szymon Sacher for “Cream Skimming in Long-Term Care Markets”
Wueller 4th Year Pre-Dissertation Award
Winner: Anastasia Burya and Shruti Mishra for their joint work on “Flattening of the Phillips Curve: Significance of Small Firms”
Runners up (alphabetically):
