John von Neumann Award

The John von Neumann Award (Hungarian: Neumann János-díj), named after John von Neumann, is given annually by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies in Budapest, to an 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. The award was established in 1994 and is given annually. In 2013, separately from the annual prize, Kenneth J. Arrow was given the Honorary John von Neumann Award.

John von Neumann Award
Awarded forInfluential contributions to research in exact social sciences, effect on research directions of the College.
CountryHungary
Presented byRajk László College for Advanced Studies
First awarded1995
Websiterajk.eu/neumann-award/

This award differentiates itself from other scientific awards on the basis that it is given by students of economics and various social sciences, decided after a long deliberation process. The students select the nominees and vote for the prize-winner in the Assembly of the College after a review and debate regarding the pre-selected names.

Most of the recipients of the award have been academics working in some branch of economics - an exception is the philosopher and political theorist Jon Elster. Multiple recipients, such as Jean Tirole, Esther Duflo, and Joshua Angrist were subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Others like Gary Becker and John Harsanyi received the award after they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Kenneth J. Arrow also received the Honorary John von Neumann Award in 2013 after being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972.

Recipients

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Source: Rajk László College of Advanced Studies

Year Recipient Institution Nationality
1995 John Harsanyi UC Berkeley   United States
1996 Hal Varian University of Michigan   United States
1997 János Kornai Harvard University; Collegium Budapest   Hungary
1998 Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics   France
1999 Oliver E. Williamson[1] UC Berkeley   United States
2001 Avinash K. Dixit Princeton University   India;   United States
2002 Jon Elster Columbia University   Norway
2003 Maurice Obstfeld[2] UC Berkeley   United States
2004 Gary Becker University of Chicago   United States
2005 Glenn Loury[3] Brown University   United States
2006 Matthew Rabin[4] UC Berkeley   United States
2007 Daron Acemoglu[5] MIT   Turkey;   United States
2008 Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago   United States
2009 Philippe Aghion[6] Harvard University   France
2010 Tim Besley[7] London School of Economics   United Kingdom
2011 Joshua Angrist MIT   United States
2012 Olivier Blanchard MIT   France
2013 Esther Duflo[8] MIT   France;   United States
20131 Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University   United States
2014 Emmanuel Saez[9] UC Berkeley   France;   United States
2015 Matthew O. Jackson Stanford University   United States
2016 Alvin E. Roth Stanford University   United States
2017 Richard H. Thaler University of Chicago   United States
2018 Dani Rodrik Harvard University   Turkey;   United States
2019 Susan Athey Stanford University   United States
2020 Mariana Mazzucato University College London   Italy;   United States
2021 Matthew Gentzkow Stanford University   United States
2022 John A. List University of Chicago   United States
2023 Raj Chetty Harvard University   India;   United States

1 Received honorary prize.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Read, Colin (2015). The corporate financiers : Williams, Modigliani, Miller, Coase, Williamson, Alchian, Demsetz, Jensen and Meckling. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 134. ISBN 9781137341273.
  2. ^ "Berkeley economist appointed to a top IMF post". Berkeley News. 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  3. ^ "Arena profile: Glenn C. Loury". The Arena. Politico. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Matthew Rabin". Washington State University School of Economic Sciences. Washington State University. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. ^ Bowmaker, Simon W (2012). The art and practice of economics research: lessons from leading minds. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. p. 2. ISBN 9781849808460.
  6. ^ Aghion, Philippe. "Philippe Aghion CV" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Awards and Grants". LSE STICERD website. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Invitation to the John von Neumann Award Ceremony organized by the Rajk László College of Advanced Studies". Corvinus University of Budapest. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  9. ^ Saez, Emmanuel. "Emmanuel Saez CV" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2015.

Bibliography

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  • Sen, Syamal K.; Agarwal, Ravi P. (2014). Creators of mathematical and computational sciences. Cham: Springer. p. 399. ISBN 9783319108704.
  • Colin, Read (2012). The Portfolio Theorists. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-230-36230-7.
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