Exeter Prize

The Exeter Prize is an economics prize of the University of Exeter Business School, which has been awarded since 2012. The Exeter Prize is awarded to the best paper published in the previous calendar year in a peer-reviewed journal in the fields of Experimental Economics, Decision Theory and Behavioural Economics.

Winners

2025: Tomas Jagelka for Jagelka, T. “Are Economists’ Preferences Psychologists’ Personality Traits? A Structural Approach”, Journal of Political Economy, 132.
2024: Erin Bronchetti, Judd Kessler, Ellen Magenheim, Dmitry Taubinsky and Eric Zwick for Bronchetti, E. T., Kessler, J. B., Magenheim, E. B., Taubinsky, D., & Zwick, E.. "Is attention produced optimally? theory and evidence from experiments with bandwidth enhancements." Econometrica, 91: 669-707.
2023: Kirby Nielsen and John Rehbeck for Nielsen, K., & Rehbeck, J.. "When Choices are Mistakes." American Economic Review. 112 : 2237-2268.
2022: Sandro Ambuehl, Douglas Bernheim and Axel Ockenfels for Ambuehl, S., Bernheim, B. D., & Ockenfels, A.. "What Motivates Paternalism? An Experimental Study." American Economic Review. 111 : 787-830.
2021: Ryan Opera for Oprea, Ryan. "What Makes a Rule Complex?". American Economic Review. 110 : 3913–3951. doi:10.1257/aer.20191717 
2020: J. Aislinn Bohren, Alex Imas and Michael Rosenberg for
2019: Samuel M. Hartzmark and Kelly Shue for
2018: Shengwu Li for
2017: Vojtěch Bartoš, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová and Filip Matějka for
2016: David Budescu and Eva Chen for
2015: Gary Charness, Francesco Feri, Miguel Melendez and Matthias Sutter for
2014: Tomasz Strzalecki for
2013: Daniel Friedman and Ryan Oprea for
2012: Michel Regenwetter, Jason Dana and Clintin P. Davis-Stober for