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David Gordon Award for Students' Papers in Economics

The David Gordon Award for Students' Papers in Economics was created in 2001, in honor of David Gordon, the late founder of CEPA and Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. The award consists of a prize of $500 for the best papers written by students in the Economics Department at New School University, plus publication in the David Gordon Award Series. Up to five papers are selected each academic year. The deadline for submitting papers for the 2001-02 academic year was April 8, 2002.

• Recipients
• Rules

Recipients

2002-2003 Academic Year

• Ramaa Vasudevan. Trade and Accumulation: Disequilibrium Dynamics in a Classical-Harrodian Model.
• Massimiliano La Marca. Uncovered Interest Parity and Exchange Rate Dynamics in an Adaptive Learning Framework.
• Christopher Malikane. The Long Run Phillips Curve.
• Diego Senchez-Ancochea. Globalization and Inequality in the Developing World: Potential Benefits with Real Costs.

Recipients

2001-2002 Academic Year

• Martin Abeles. The Political Economy of National Accounts: A Reassessment of Argentina's Domestic Product.
• Janine Berg and Dante Contreras. Political-Economic Regime and the Wage Curve: Evidence from Chile, 1957-96. Download (276 KB).
• Ipek Ilkaracan and Raziye Selim. The Role of Unemployment in Wage Determination: Further Evidence on the Wage Curve from Turkey. Download (327 KB).
• Giammario Impullitti and C. Matthias Rebmann. An Agent-Based Model of Wealth Distribution. Download (462 KB).
• Edgar Pardo-Beltrán. Effects of Income Distribution on Growth. Download (321 KB).

Rules

1. The award consists of a prize of $500 per paper, plus the publication of the paper by CEPA in the David Gordon Award Series.

2. Up to five papers can receive the award in one academic year.

3. The applicant should be a registered student of the Economics Department at the Graduate Faculty of the New School University during at least one semester of the academic year in which he or she is applying for the award.
3.1 Given that this prize was announced in the 2000-01 academic year, for the 2001-02 academic year CEPA will accept papers of students that were registered during the 2000-01 academic year.

4. To apply for the award the paper must be recommended by one member of the Economics Department of the New School University. Professors should submit their paper recommendation to CEPA's Assistant Director by telephone, fax, mail, or e-mail.

5. Each student can submit just one paper per academic year.

6. Papers co-authored by more two or students are eligible, but a co-authored paper will count as one paper of each author. Moreover, in case their paper is selected, all co-authors will share the prize equally.

7. CEPA's Assistant Director cannot apply for the prize if he or she is also a student at the Economics Department during the period mentioned in 3 above.

8. Students must submit four hard copies of their papers to CEPA's Assistant Director, together with a diskette containing a copy of their paper in a Word or PDF file.

9. The selection committee will consist of two professors of the Economics Department, appointed by all the professors in a department meeting, plus CEPA's Director.

10. The deadline for submitting papers for the 2001-02 academic year is March 25, 2002.

11. The committee will announce its decision on April 29, 2002.

12. The Economics Department of the New School University is the adjudicating body for any disputes or concerns regarding the award.