Frisch Medal
The Frisch Medal is an award in economics given by the Econometric Society. It is awarded every two years for empirical or theoretical applied research published in Econometrica during the previous five years. The award was named in honor of Ragnar Frisch, first co-recipient of the Nobel prize in economics and editor of Econometrica from 1933 to 1954. In the opinion of Rich Jensen, Gilbert F. Schaefer Professor of Economics and chairperson of the Department of Economics of the University of Notre Dame, "The Frisch medal is not only one of the top three prizes in the field of economics, but also the most prestigious 'best article' award in the profession". Five Frisch medal winners have also won the Nobel Prize.
Winners
- 2024 – Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, Paul Niehaus, and Michael Walker for their paper, "General equilibrium effects of cash transfers: experimental evidence from Kenya",
- 2022 – Giulia Brancaccio, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Theodore Papageorgiou for their paper, "Geography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs”,.
- 2020 – Kate Ho and Robin Lee for their paper, ,.
- 2018 – Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Stephen J. Redding, Daniel M. Sturm, and Nikolaus Wolf for
- 2016 – Benjamin Handel, Igal Hendel, and Michael Whinston for
- 2014 – Flávio Cunha, James Heckman, and Susanne Schennach for
- 2012 – Joseph P. Kaboski and Robert M. Townsend for
- 2010 – Nicholas Bloom for
- 2008 – David Card and Dean R. Hyslop for
- 2006 – Fabien Postel-Vinay and Jean-Marc Robin for
- 2004 – Jonathan Eaton and Samuel Kortum for
- 2002 – Ricardo J. Caballero and Eduardo Engel for
- 2000 – Richard Blundell, Alan S. Duncan, and Costas Meghir for
- 1998 – Robert M. Townsend for
- 1996 – Steven T. Berry for
- 1994 – Larry G. Epstein and Stanley E. Zin for
- 1992 – John Rust for
- 1990 – David M. Newbery for
- 1988 – Ariel Pakes for
- 1986 – Jeffrey A. Dubin and Daniel L. McFadden for
- 1984 – Lars Peter Hansen and Kenneth J. Singleton for
- 1982 – Orley Ashenfelter for
- 1980 – Jerry A. Hausman and David A. Wise for
- 1978 – Angus S. Deaton for