Department Recognition Awards
GRADUATE FACULTY TEACHING AWARD
The Department awards two annual prizes for the best graduate teaching in a core class and in an advanced elective effective Fall Quarter 2007. The recipients are selected by a committee comprised of graduate student representatives.
2010-11 Award - Graduate Core Course Recipients
- James Hamilton
- Giacomo Rondina
2010-11 Award - Advanced Elective Course Recipients
- S. Nageeb Ali
- Yixiao Sun
- Honorable Mention: Julie Cullen
2009-10 Award - Graduate Core Course Recipients
- Davide Debortoli
- Giacomo Rondina
- Honorable Mention: Joel Sobel
2009-10 Award - Advanced Elective Course Recipients
- Ivana Komunjer
- Craig McIntosh
2008-09 Award - Graduate Core Course Recipients
- Andres Santos
- Joel Sobel
2008-09 Award - Advanced Elective Course Recipients
- Nageeb Ali
- Julie Cullen
2007-08 Award - Graduate Core Course Recipients
- James Hamilton
- Andres Santos
2007-08 Award - Advanced Elective Course Recipients
- Craig McIntosh
- Halbert White
2006-07 Award - Graduate Core Course Recipients
- James Hamilton
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Mark Machina
2006-07 Award - Advanced Elective Course Recipients
- Yixiao Sun
- Vincent Crawford
- Honorable Mention: Julie Cullen
CLIVE GRANGER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Six fellowships, named after Nobel Prize winner Clive Granger, are awarded each year for the most promising graduate student research.
The fellowship carries a small stipend and allows the student to make more rapid dissertation progress by minimizing work obligations for a quarter. Nominations are made by the faculty running the thesis workshops (in consultation with their colleagues) and awards are made by the Graduate Committee.
2010-11 Recipients
- Samuel Bazzi
- Aislinn Bohren
- Kristy Buzard
- Soojin Jo
- Antung Liu
- Matthew Niedzwiecki
2009-10 Recipients
- Ben Backes
- Ben Gilbert
- Minseong Kim
- Leah Nelson
- Charles Sprenger
- Jing Wu
TA EXCELLENCE AWARD
The Department annually recognizes graduate students for TA Excellence. These awards are intended as a tangible form of thanks to TA's who demonstrate great efforts as well as glowing teaching evaluations from both the undergraduates, graduates and their faculty supervisor. Nominations are solicited from the faculty and awards are made by the Graduate Committee. Awards are given out at the Fall departmental party.
2010-11 Awards for TA Excellence Recipients
- Andrew Chamberlain
- Matthew Goldman
- Charles Lin
- Matthew Niedzwiecki
- Lawrence Schmidt (Undergraduate & Graduate Core)
- Fan (Dora) Xia
2009-10 Awards for TA Excellence Recipients
- Myungkyu Shim (Grad Course)
- Jong Myun Moon
- Charles Lin
- Kevin Novan
- Kristy Buzard
- Nicholas Turner
- Jing Chen (Undergradute Tutor)
2008-09 Awards for TA Excellence Recipients
- Ben Backes (Grad Course)
- Charles Lin
- Aren Megerdichian
- Bryan Tomlin
- Aaron Schroeder
- Jaime Thomas
- Li Zhou
2007-08 Awards for TA Excellence Recipients
- Aislinn Bohren (Grad Course)
- Scott Borger
- Hiroaki Kaido (Grad Course)
- Timothy Keller
- Charles Lin
- Charles Sprenger
2006-07 Awards for TA Excellence Recipients
- Andra Ghent
- Oana Tocoian
- Marya Gottlieb
- Philip Neary
WALTER HELLER MEMORIAL PRIZE (Best 3rd Year Paper)
The Department awards the Walter Heller Memorial Prize to the graduate student(s) with the best 3rd year paper. Given in memory of Walter Heller, this award serves to provide a concrete form of recognition to graduate students who are getting off to the best start on their research career. Nominations are solicited from the faculty teaching the final quarter of the third-year paper sequence. Awards are given out at the Fall departmental party.
2010-11 Awards for Best 3rd Year Paper Recipients
- First Prize - Sam Bazzi: "Income shocks, credit constraints, and barriers to international migration: evidence from Indonesia."
- Runner-Up- Kelley Paulson: "Using conditional exogeneity to identify the dynamic binary choice model."
2009-10 Awards for Best 3rd Year Paper Recipients
- First Prize - Laura Gee: "Governing Ourselves: Does Third Party Enforcement Crowd out Peer Punishment?"
- Honorable Mention - Kristy Buzard: "Contract, Renegotiation, and Hold Up: Results on the Technology of Trade and Investment"
- Honorable Mention - Charles Lin: " Why People Vote: Ethical Motives and Social Incentives"
2008-09 Awards for Best 3rd Year Paper Recipients
Tie for First Prize: Aislinn Bohren & Doungdao Mahakitsiri
Aislinn Bohren: "Information - Processing Uncertainty in Social Learning"
Doungdao Mahakitsiri: "Endogenous Free Trade Agreements: An Impact on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Trade"
2007-08 Awards for Best 3rd Year Paper Recipients
- First Prize - Hiroaki Kaido: Inference on Risk Neutral Measures for Incomplete Markets"
- Honorable Mention - Xun Lu: "Granger Causality and Dynamic Structural Systems"
- Honorable Mention - Aren Megerdichian: "Econometric Identification of Causal Parameters in Demand Systems"
- Honorable Mention - Alberto Rossi: "Forecasting the Equity Premium Using Boosted Regression Trees"
2006-07 Awards for Best 3rd Year Paper Recipients
Tie for First Prize: Scott Borger & Ben Gillen
Scott Borger: Real-Time Monetary Policy Rules: Estimating Taylor Rule Parameters with High-Frequency Data
Ben Gillen: A Note Extending Simple Solutions for Portfolio Identification
Honorable Mention: Bryan Tomlin (Bryan’s paper is not titled)
UNIVERSITY AWARD
Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
2008 Award - Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Valerie Ramey - honored for her work as an exemplary and innovative Department of Economics teacher
The Barbara and Paul Saltman Teaching Award was established to recognize faculty members and graduate students for their teaching excellence.
2008 Award - Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Excellent Teaching Award Recipient
- Jaime Thomas
