Young Economist Awards

2007

Paula Bustos –

THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL UPGRADING: EVIDENCE FROM ARGENTINA.

Martina Lawless

FIRM EXPORT DYNAMICS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRADE

2006

Filippo Taddei - SIPA Columbia University
The Role of Government Debt in Fostering private Sector Liquidity: The Effect on Security Design under Asymmetric Information

Christophe Boucher- Université Paris 13
Speculative Bubbles in Stock Prices? Evidence from Non-Linear Cointegration Tests with Time Varying-Expected Returns.

Markus Poschke - European University Institute, Florence
Technology Choice, Entry Cost, and productivity Differences between Similar Countries: A Heterogeneous Firm Approach

Holger Breinlich - London School of Economics
Trade Liberalization and Industricl Restructuring through Megers and Acquisitions

2005

Heski Bar-Isaac ( New York University ) and Mariagiovanna Baccara ( New York University )
Power and Organizational Structure under an External Threat

Carlos Carillo-Tudela ( University of Essex )
Wage Tenure Contracts, Experience and Employment Status

Damon Clark
Politics Markets and Schools: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Autonomy and Competition from Truly Revolutionary Reform

Elias Papaioannou ( London Business School ) and Gregorios Siourounis ( London Business School )
Democratization and Growth

2004

Camelia Bejan, University of Minnesota
"Production under uncertainty and financial innovation"

Ester Camina, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and CORE,
"The role of mediation in peacemaking and peacekeeping negotiations"

Pablo Casas-Arce, University of Oxford ,
"Firm Provision of general training and specific human capital acquisition"

Francesco Decarolis, University of Chicago ,
"Economic effects of democracy - an empirical analysis"

Francesco Feri, Universita Ca'Foscari
"Network formation with endogenous decay"

Gina A Gancia, CREI and UPF,
"Globalisation, divergence and stagnation" 

Paola Giuliano, International Monetary Fund,
"On the determinants of living arrangements in Western Europe : does cultural origin matter?"

Miklos Koren, Hungarian Academy of Sciences ,
"Diversification and development"

Eiichiro Kazumori, California Institute of Technology,
"Markov perfect industry dynamics with network externalities and switching costs"

Jo Thori Lind, University of Oslo ,
Do the rich vote conservative because they are rich?

Mercedes Vera Martin, International Monetary Fund,
Industry location in European regions: the roles of comparative advantage and economic geography.