Athey receives John Bates Clark Medal.NBER Research Associate Susan Athey, a professor of economics at Harvard University, received the American Economics Association's John Bates Clark Medal The biennial John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge". for 2007. The award is given every two years to the economist under the age of 40 who has made the most substantial contribution to the field of economics. She received the medal for her important contributions to economic theory, empirical economics, and econometrics. Her citation notes that, "she has built a research program strongly focused on using theory to understand substantive economic issues, especially in industrial organization." Athey is the first woman to receive this prestigious award, and one of the younger winners. Athey received her B.A. from Duke University in 1991 and her Ph.D. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 1995. She is a member of the NBER's Programs on Aging and Industrial Organization--she became an NBER Faculty Research Fellow in 1997 and was promoted to NBER Research Associate in 2001. Previous Clark medalists among NBER Research Associates were: Zvi Griliches, Daniel L. McFadden, Martin S. Feldstein, Joseph E. Stiglitz Joseph Eugene "Joe" Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist and a member of the Columbia University faculty. He is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal (1979) and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2001). , James J. Heckman, Jerry A. Hausman Jerry A. Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a famous econometrician. He has also published numerous papers in applied microeconomics. , Sanford J. Grossman Sanford Jay "Sandy" Grossman (born July 21, 1953) is an American economist specializing in quantitative finance. He earned his A.B. in 1973, his A.M. in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1975, all from the University of Chicago. , Paul R. Krugman, Lawrence H. Summers, David Card, Kevin M. Murphy
Kevin Miles Murphy is the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at , Andrei Shleifer, Steven D. Levitt, and Daron Acemoglu. |
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