Empirical Economics - Lawrence R. Klein Award 2021/2022
Empirical Economics Lawrence R. Klein Award for outstanding papers in the field of Empirical Economics
This biannual prize is awarded for the best paper published in the journal Empirical Economics. The Empirical Economics Springer prize was awarded for the first time by Springer in 2006, and was renamed in honor of the Nobel prize winner Lawrence R. Klein in 2013.
The 2021/2022 Lawrence R. Klein Award goes to
Dirk G. Baur and Thomas Dimpfl for the article “The volatility of Bitcoin and its role as a medium of exchange and a store of value” published in Empirical Economics, volume 61, issue 5, November 2021.
Congratulations!
The winning article can be seen here: https://rdcu.be/dbYqj (this opens in a new tab)
Former Awards:
2019/2020 Lawrence R. Klein Award
Abebe Hailemariam, Ratbek Dzhumashev and Muhammad Shahbaz for their joint paper "Carbon emissions, income inequality and economic development" published in Empirical Economics (2020) 59:1139–1159 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-019-01664-x)
2014/2015 Lawrence R. Klein Award
Stefan Gerlach and John Lewis “Zero lower bound, ECB interest rate policy and the financial crisis”published in Empirical Economics, volume 46, issue 3, May 2014 (DOI: 10.1007/s00181-013-0713-6) and Mihály Tamás Borsi and Norbert Metiu “The evolution of economic convergence in the European Union” published in Empirical Economics, volume 48, issue 2, March 2015 (DOI: 10.1007/s00181-014-0801-2)
2012/2013 Lawrence R. Klein Award to
Wang-Sheng Lee, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia for his paper“Propensity score matching and variations on the balancing test”published in Empirical Economics, volume 44, issue 1, DOI 10.1007/s00181-011-0481-0
Awarded Paper (this opens in a new tab)
2010/2011 Lawrence R. Klein Award to
Nattavudh Powdthavee, London School of Economics, United Kingdom for his paper “How Much does Money Really Matter? Estimating the Causal Effects of Income on Happiness”published in Empirical Economics, volume 39, issue 1, August 2010, DOI 10.1007/s00181-009-0295-5
Awarded Paper (this opens in a new tab)
2008/2009 Springer Award
Tomson Ogwang, Department of Economics, Brock University, Canada and Danny I. Cho, Faculty of Business, Brock University, Canada for their paper "Economic determinants of the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada: a panel data analysis”published in Empirical Economics, volume 37, issue 3, December 2009 DOI 10.1007/s00181-008-0248-4
Awarded Paper (this opens in a new tab)
2006/2007 Springer Award
Luc Anselin, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University and Nancy Lozano-Gracia, Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) and Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana for the best paper presented at the International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, May 25-27, 2006 in Rome
"Errors in Variables and Spatial Effects in Hedonic House Price Models of Ambient Air Quality"; published in Empirical Economics, Special Issue on Spatial Econometrics, volume 34, issue 1, February 2008 DOI 10.1007/s00181-007-0152-3
Awarded Paper (this opens in a new tab)