Economics Day is our annual celebration to recognize outstanding achievements by undergraduate and graduate students and exemplary teaching by economics faculty. It is made possible by the generosity of the Department of Economics and Penn Institute for Economic Research with the generous support of the W. P. Carey Foundation and E. B. Cohen Insurance and Risk Management.
Undergraduate Awards
- Kanta Marwah Prize for Undergraduate Research Grant presented to Benjamin Goodman and Jeffrey Yang
- Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate presented to Nathan Ausubel
- Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Edward Plunkett, Michael Bogdanos
- Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics presented to Ezra Brooks
Graduate Awards
- The Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics presented to Peng Shao
- Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics presented to Xincheng Qiu
- Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics presented to Pedro Solti
- Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research presented to Minsu Chang
- Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics presented to Joao Granja de Almeida
- Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize presented to Jason Sockin
- The Davis Cass/Beth Hayes Fellowship in Economics presented to Junyuan Zou
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship presented to Paolo Martellini
- William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2018 was presented to Qing Gong
- Lawrence Robbins Prize awarded to Xincheng Qiu
- Microeconomics Best Performance: Tian Di
- Macroeconomics Best Peformance: Sara Casella
- Econometrics Best Performance: Cuimin Ba
Teaching Awards
- Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Jesús Fernandez-Villaverde and Annie Liang
Frank Schorfheide, Professor and Chair of Economics welcome guests to Econ Day 2019
The J.M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics and Undergraduate Chair Holger Sieg
Students presenting the Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching
The Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
Jonathan Delgadillo Lorenzo presented Annie Liang with the Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching
The Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching presented to Annie Liang
Nathan Ausubel was presented the Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate
Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics was presented to Edward Plunkett
Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics was presented to Michael Bogdanos
Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics was presented to Ezra Brooks
Luca Bossi presents the Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize to Jason Sockin
Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize was presented to Jason Sockin
Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics presented to Xincheng Qiu
The Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics was presented to Peng Shao
Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship in Economics was presented to Pedro Solti
The Davis Cass/Beth Hayes Fellowship in Economics was presented to Junyuan Zou
Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research was presented to Minsu Chang
Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics was presented to Joao Granja de Almeida
William Polk Carey Prize for the Outstanding Economics Dissertation in 2018 was presented to Qing Gong
Frank Schorfheide, Qing Gong, and Francis Carey McMaster
Frank Schorfheide, Qing Gong, Francis Carey McMaster, and Donald MacMaster
Hanming Fang, Qing Gong Francis Carey McMaster, and Donald MacMaster
Jonathan and Martha Cohen