Frisch Medal

The Frisch Medal is an award in econometrics given by the Econometric Society. It is awarded every two years for empirical or theoretical applied research published in "Econometrica" during the previous five years. The award was named in honor of Ragnar Frisch.

Winners

* 2006 - Fabien Postel-Vinay and Jean-Marc Robin for “Wage Dispersion with Worker and Employer Heterogeneity,” Econometrica
* 2004 - Jonathan Eaton and Samuel Kortum for “Technology, Geography, and Trade,” Econometrica, 70(5), September 2002, 1741–1779.
* 2002 - Ricardo J. Caballero and Eduardo M.R.A. Engel for "Explaining Investment Dynamics in U.S. Manufacturing: A Generalized (S,s) Approach", Econometrica, 67, July, 1999, pp. 783-826.
* 2000 - Richard Blundell, Alan Duncan, and Costas Meghir for "Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms", Econometrica, 66, July, 1998, pp. 827-861.
* 1998 - Robert M. Townsend for "Risk and Insurance in Village India", Econometrica, 62, May, 1994, pp. 539-591.
* 1996 - Steven T. Berry for "Estimation of a Model of Entry in the Airline Industry", Econometrica, 60, July, 1992, pp. 889-917.
* 1994 - Larry G. Epstein and Stanley E. Zin for "Substitution, Risk Aversion, and the Temporal Behavior of Consumption and Asset Returns: A Theoretical Framework", Econometrica, 57, July, 1989, pp. 937-969.
* 1992 - John Rust for "Optimal Replacement of GMC Bus Engines: An Empirical Model of Harold Zurcher", Econometrica, 55, September, 1987, pp. 999-1033.
* 1990 - David M. G. Newbery for "Road Damage Externalities and Road User Charges," "Econometrica", 56, March, 1988, pp. 295-316.
* 1988 - Ariel Pakes for "Patents as Options: Some Estimates of the Value of Holding European Patent Stocks", "Econometrica", 54, July, 1986, pp. 755-784.
* 1986 - Jeffrey A. Dubin and Daniel L. McFadden for "An Econometric Analysis of Residential Electric Appliance Holdings and Consumption", Econometrica, 52, March, 1984, pp. 345-362.
* 1984 - Lars Peter Hansen and Kenneth J. Singleton for "Generalized Instrumental Variables Estimation of Nonlinear Rational Expectations Models", Econometrica, 50, September, 1982, pp. 1269-1286.
* 1982 - Orley Ashenfelter for "Unemployment as Disequilibrium in a Model of Aggregate Labor Supply", Econometrica, 48, April, 1980, pp. 547-564.
* 1980 - Jerry A. Hausman and David A. Wise for "Attrition Bias in Experimental and Panel Data: The Gary Income Maintenance Experiment", "Econometrica", 47, March, 1979, pp. 455-473.
* 1978 - Angus S. Deaton for "The Analysis of Consumer Demand in the United Kingdom, 1900-1970", "Econometrica", 42, March, 1974, pp. 341-367.

External links

* Award page on the official site of the Econometric Society [http://www.econometricsociety.org/frischmedal.asp]