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Awards

Award Winners

2010

Victor R. Fuchs Award
Willard G. Manning, Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago
ASHEcon Medal
Mark G. Duggan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, and Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers
Student Paper Award
Johathan T. Kolstad, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, “Information and Quality when Motivation is Intrinsic: Evidence from Surgeon Report Cards”

Past Award Winners

2008

Victor R. Fuchs Award
Michael Grossman, CUNY and NBER
ASHEcon Medal
Loren Baker, Stanford University
Student Paper Award
Susan Feng Lu, Northwestern University

2006

Presented at the First Biennial Conference in Madison

ASHEcon Medal
David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard
Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, MIT
Student Paper Award
Grant Miller, Stanford, for his paper titled “Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia.”

ASHEcon Medal

Deadline: 16 February 5pm EST on the year of the ASHEcon Conference

Description. The ASHEcon Medal is awarded biennially to the economist age 40 or under who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health economics.

Eligibility. Applicants must be age 40 or younger on January 1 of the year of the ASHEcon conference. Applicants must hold their primary appointment in an American institution, but need not be citizens of the United States. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.

Materials. A complete submission will include a brief nominating letter from a colleague and the candidate’s curriculum vitae.

Deadline. The deadline is 16 February 5:00 pm ET in the year of the ASHEcon conference. Submissions must be sent electronically.

Judging. All members of the Awards Committee will review all applications. In the event of a conflict of interest, a new committee member will replace the member with the conflict.

Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics

Deadline: 1 March 5pm EST on the year of the ASHEcon Conference

Description. The Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics is awarded biennially to an economist who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of health economics.

Eligibility. Applicants must hold their primary appointment (or be emeritus or retired) at an institution based in the United States, but need not be United States citizens. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.

Materials. A complete submission will include a nominating letter (typically no more than 2 pages) and the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Committee members may also nominate candidates.

Deadline. The deadline is 1 March 5:00 pm ET in the year of the ASHEcon conference. Submissions must be sent electronically.

Judging. All members of the Awards Committee will review all applications. In the event of a conflict of interest, a new committee member will replace the member with the conflict.

Student Paper Award

Description. The ASHEcon Student Paper Award honors the student who wrote the best sole-authored paper.

Eligibility. Applicants must be current Ph.D. students or have received their Ph.D. from an American institution. The paper must be sole authored. The paper may be published (or forthcoming) in a peer-reviewed journal. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The Awards Committee will select the paper that makes the greatest contribution to health economics. The paper’s contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.