List of economics awards – Wikipedia

Country Award Sponsor Description Albania Governor’s Award Bank of Albania Undergraduate dissertations of high scientific standards that concern crucial issues related to the Bank of Albania as well as issues related to the macroeconomic and financial frames of the state Europe Germán Bernácer Prize Observatorio del Banco Central Europeo Young economists who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of macroeconomics and finance Europe Hicks-Tinbergen Award European Economic Association Author(s) of the best article published in the EEA’s journal Finland Yrjö Jahnsson Award Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation European economists under the age of 45 who have made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to the study of economics in Europe France Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France Le Monde, Cercle des économistes French economists under the age of 40 France Social Choice and Welfare Prize Society for Social Choice and Welfare, University of Caen Normandy One or two young scholars, under the age of 40, in the areas of social choice theory and welfare economics Germany Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics Deutsche Bank Renowned researchers who have made influential contributions to the fields of finance and money and macroeconomics, and whose work has led to practical and policy-relevant results Germany Gossen Prize Verein für Socialpolitik German-speaking economists under the age of 45 whose work gained international recognition Germany Gustav Stolper Prize Verein für Socialpolitik Outstanding scientists who have used economic research to influence the public debate on economic issues, and have contributed substantially to the understanding and solution of current economic problems Germany H. C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic economists. Awarded from 1995 to 2004 Germany IZA Prize in Labor Economics IZA Institute of Labor Economics Outstanding academic achievement in the field of labor economics Hungary John von Neumann Award Rajk László College for Advanced Studies Outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellectual activity of the students of the college Italy, Spain Premio Tiepolo Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Spain An Italian and a Spanish personality which have particularly distinguished for their job related to the integration and development of the economic-trade relations between Italy and Spain Lithuania Vladas Jurgutis Award Bank of Lithuania, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Significant works (published scientific articles, theses, monographs, textbooks, etc.) in the areas of Lithuanian economy and banking research Netherlands Kalai Prize Game Theory Society Outstanding articles at the interface of game theory and computer science Spain Calvó-Armengol International Prize Barcelona Graduate School of Economics Top researcher in economics or the social sciences younger than 40 years old for his or her contribution to the theory and comprehension of the mechanisms of social interaction Sweden Assar Lindbeck Medal Assar Lindbeck Foundation Economist(s) in Sweden under the age of 45 whose work have gained the most international recognition Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Prize Outstanding contributions to the field of economics United Kingdom Adam Smith Prize University of Cambridge Best performance in the Part IIB Economics Tripos examinations and dissertation United Kingdom Exeter Prize University of Exeter Business School Best paper published in the previous calendar year in a peer-reviewed journal in the fields of experimental economics, decision theory and behavioral economics United Kingdom T. S. Ashton Prize Economic History Society Author of the best article accepted for publication in The Economic History Review United Kingdom William Smith Medal Geological Society of London Outstanding research in applied or economic geology United Kingdom Wolfson Economics Prize Simon Wolfson, Policy Exchange New thinking to address major economic policy issues that are not already subject to significant public discourse United Kingdom Young Economist of the Year Royal Economic Society, Financial Times High school students around the world taking economics courses submit a 1500-word short research paper on one of the economics topics announced annually by the host