Welton Prize winners
The Welton Prize is a $5000 fellowship awarded annually to four outstanding graduate student papers in macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, and applied economics.
2014-2015 Welton Prize winners:
- Greg Kubitz: Successive Contests with Private Information
- Musa Orak: Is Information Technology Hurting Labor?
- Jesper Sørensen: Identification and Estimation of A Generalized Panel Regression Model
- Semih Üslü: Pricing and Liquidity in Decentralized Asset Markets
2012-2013 Welton Prize winners:
- Applied Micro: Sandra Rozo Title of Paper: On the Effectiveness and Welfare Consequences of Antidrug Eradication Programs
- Econometrics: Joseph Kuehn Title of Paper: Estimating Auctions with Externalities
- Economic Theory: Yujing Xu Title of Paper: Holdup Problem in Random Search and Bargaining Games
- Macro/International: Kyle Herkenhoff Title of Paper: Jobless Recoveries and The Revolving Credit Revolution
2011-2012 Welton Prize winners:
- Applied Micro - Mary Ann Bronson for “'Men May Come and Go, But Degrees Are Forever:' Changes in the Marriage Market and Gender Differences Educational Investments.”
- Economic Theory – Kenneth Mirkin for “The Informational Content of Unemployment: Equilibrium Forces and Dynamics.”
- Econometrics – Federico Zincenko for “Sieve Estimation in First-Price Auctions with Risk-Averse Bidders.”
- Macro/International – Matthew Luzzetti and Seth Neumuller for “Bankruptcy Reform and the Housing Crisis.”
2010-2011 Welton Prize winners:
- Macroeconomics - Matthew Luzzetti and Seth Neumuller for “The Role of Learning in Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Unsecured Debt and Bankruptcies.”
- Microeconomics – Corey Garriott for “Information Droughts on the Limit Order Book.”
- Econometrics – Dan Ben-Moshe for “Identification and Estimation of Linear Dependent Multidimensional Unobservables.”
- Applied Economics – Claudia Ruiz for “From Pawn Shops to Banks: The Impact of Formal Credit on Informal Households.”