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Honors Prize and Award Winners

2010

Author Award Thesis Title
Beck, Andrew Stanford University Presentation Award Does Childhood Prefrontal Cortex Volume Vary with Socioeconomic Status?
Bruno, William John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking Random Acts of Representative Democracy in the Orissa Panchayati Raj
Georgoudis, Paris Stanford University Presentation Award Estimation and Prediction of Financial Contagion through Trade
Hudson, Sally Stanford University Firestone Medal The Effects of Performance-Based Teacher Pay on Student Achievement
Hyde, Timothy Addams Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis A Righteous Collusion: The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Civil Rights Act
Tu, Peter Stanford University Firestone Medal Winner's Curse and the Competitive Effect: Measuring Competition in the Viatical Settlement Market
Vacek, Tomas Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Empirical Explanation of Covered Interest Parity Deviations During Financial Crises

2009

Author Award Thesis Title
Goh, Wendi John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking Is Enrollment into Graduate School Affected by the Business Cycle?
Jenkins, Stuart Takiar John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking Organization Culture and Student Performance in California Charter Schools
Miller, Conrad Stanford University Firestone Medal Teacher Sorting and Own-Race Teacher Effects in Elementary School
Popov, Igor Stanford University Firestone Medal Default Options and Non-Standard 401(k) Choice
Shao, Ling Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis The Financial Aid Tax and Student Work Incentives

2008

Author Award Thesis Title
Easterbrook, Kathleen F. Stanford University Presentation Award Flat Taxes and Labor Supply in Central and Eastern Europe
Pashelinsky, Jacob Stanford University Presentation Award Has liquefied natural gas infrastructure development brought about integration between the major global markets for natural gas?
Takapong, Saranwut Stanford University Firestone Metal The “Common Lender Effect”: Are Banking Centers Crisis Carriers?
Vernon, Jessica Stanford University Firestone Metal Quantitative Restrictions and Quality Upgrading: The Case of the Multi-Fibre Agreement
Warren, Emily Stanford University Firestone Metal What Does Migration Mean for Children Left Behind? Educational Evidence from Guatemala