From the EEA congress, held in Barcelona, August 2009, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei annually confers the FEEM Award, replacing the Young Economist Award.
The FEEM Award is given to the authors of the three best papers presented by young economists at the annual congress of the EEA. Eligible candidates should be less than thirty years of age and no more than three years past a PhD defence.
The FEEM Award aims to reward new ideas addressing key economic issues at the European and global scale. Both theoretical and empirical papers will be considered without any restriction of topics.
There is a monetary reward of €5,000 for each winning paper.
The Selection Committee comprises the Congress Chair, one member chosen by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and one member chosen by the EEA Executive Committee.

2012 Awards

The EEA and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei are pleased to announce the three winners of the fourth edition of the FEEM Award, which was presented on 28 August, 2012 at the 27th European Economic Association meeting in Oslo before the Schumpeter.  The Award was presented to the winners by Jordi Galí, EEA President 2012 and Valentina Milella, Head of Communication and External Relations of FEEM -

Fahi Hassan of London School of Economics for his paper "The Price of Development"

Itziar Lazkano of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee for her paper "Intergenerational Externalities and Sustainable Growth"

Julia Schmidt of The Graduate Institute, Geneva, for her paper "Technological Standardization, Endogenous Productivity and Transitory Dynamics"

The selection process was conducted by the FEEM Award Commission composed of Philip Lane, Trinty College, Dublin, and EEA Congress Programme Chair; Armin Falk, University of Bonn; and  Matteo Manera, University of Milan-Biccoca and FEEM.

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The winners were interviewed by the FEEM Press Office after the presentation.  To listen to the interviews, please visit here

2011 Awards

The EEA and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei are pleased to announce the three winners of the third edition of the FEEM Award, which was presented on 27 August, 2011 at the 26th European Economic Association meeting in Oslo before the EEA Presidential address, given by Professor Christopher Pissarides -

Jan Grobovsek of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona with the paper "Development Accounting With Intermediate Goods" 
Ronald P Wolthoff of the University of Toronto with the paper "Applications and Interviews: A Structural Analysis of Two-sided Simultaneous Search" 
Gabriel Zucman of the Paris School of Economics with the paper "The Missing Wealth of Nations: Evidence From Switzerland, 1914-2010" 

The selection committee - Alessandro Lanza, Eni Corporate University and FEEM, Espen Moen, The Norwegian Business School and EEA Congress Programme Chair, and Helene Rey, London Business School.

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2010 Awards

Benjamin Elsner of Trinity College Dublin with the paper "Does Emigration Benefit The Stayers? The Eu Enlargement As A Natural Experiment. Evidence From Lithuania"
Nina Guyon of Paris School of Economics PSE - Poverty Action Lab JPAL with the paper "The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools"
Florian Mayneris of CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain with the paper "Entry on Export Markets and Firm-Level Performance Growth: Intra-Industrial Convergence or Divergence"

The selection committee - Fausto Panunzi, Bocconi University and FEEM, Antonio Ciccone, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and David Stromberg, Stockholm University and EEA Congress Program Chair.

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2009 Awards

Benedicte Apouey with the paper entitled "Winning Big but Feeling no Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health";
Olga Shurchkov with the paper entitled "Under Pressure: Gender Differences in Output Quality and Quantity under Competition and Time Constraints";
Laura Turner with the paper entitled "Household Response to Individual Shocks: Disability and Labor Supply".

The selection committee - Bernardo Bortolotti, FEEM Executive Director, Antonio Ciccone, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and EEA Program Chair, and Andrea Prat, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 

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