Honors Prize and Award Winners

2014

Author Award Thesis Title
Liu, Robert Stanford University Firestone Medal Comparing Fiscal Strategies for the U.S. in a New Keynesian Framework
Shah, Namir Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis In-State Merit Aid and College Choice: New Jeresy's STARS Program as a Tuition Subsidy

2013

Author Award Thesis Title
Guo, Jean Stanford University Presentation Award Barker’s Hypothesis and the Selection Effect: The Repercussions of Fetal Malnutrition in the Context of the Great Chinese Famine in 1959‐1961
Jackson, Emilie John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking The Efficiency of Wikipedia's Evolution
Liu, Cynthia Stanford University Firestone Medal Using Empirically Estimated Efficiency Frontiers to Gauge Central Bank Performance and Effectiveness
Lott, Zachariah Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Exchange Rate Pass-Through on EBay
Poovudhikul, Venussa Stanford University Presentation Award The Effects of the Thai College Admissions System on Private Tutoring Expenditure, Income and Achievement Disparities
Sachs, Rebecca Marqusee Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Job‐Lock and Health Insurance Premiums: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Storms, Evan Stanford University Firestone Medal Incentives and Manipulation in Large Market Matching with Substitutes
Thukral, Mohit Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Bank dominance: Financial sector determinants of sovereign risk premia
Zhu, Edward John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking The Case for Free Trade Agreements: Historical Perspectives and a Projection for China, Japan, and Korea

2012

Author Award Thesis Title
Chen, Alex Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Conditional Stochastic Disasters and the Equity Premium Puzzle
Cox, Natalie Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis The War on Whooping Cough: The Impact of Prevalence Elasticity and State Policies on Vaccination Behavior
Gray, Colin Stanford University Firestone Medal Responding to the Monetary Superpower: Investigating the Behavioral Spillovers of U.S. Monetary Policy
Jackson, Lee Stanford University Presentation Award An Analysis of the Appreciation of the Chinese Renminbi Through the Lens of the Nixon Shock, the Plaza Accord, and the Japanese Yen
Nath, Ishan John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking Does Carbon Pricing Improve Clean Tech Profitability? A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Australia

2011

Author Award Thesis Title
Bolotnyy, Valentin Stanford University Firestone Medal The Government-Sponsored Enterprises and the Mortgage Crisis: New Perspectives on the Debate
Bonneau, Alissa Anne John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking The Effect of Privatization Method on Inequality in Eastern European Transition Economics
Cook, Matthew S. Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis Voting with Bidirectional Elimination
Gumport, Michelle Stanford University Presentation Award Does Court-Mandated School Finance Reform Affect Private School Enrollment?