Prizes
Tobin Scholars
The Department of Economics has established an annual prize for outstanding performance in the core economics courses: intermediate microeconomics (Econ 121 and 125), intermediate macroeconomics (Econ 122 and 126), and econometrics (Econ 117, 123 and 136). This prize will be awarded in each academic year to up to four senior majors in Economics, Econ-Math or Econ-CS who have excelled in these courses. The prize winners are Tobin Scholars — to honor James Tobin, a prominent member of the Department of Economics at Yale from 1950 to 2002 and the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1981. For more history on the prize, please see this article.
[Note: typically there are many students with straight A's in core courses, so the DUS needs to break ties by using additional criteria (for example, more advanced core courses get higher weight).]
2022 Tobin Scholars
- Bruno Moscarini, Economics & Mathematics, Morse College
- Caitlin Lee, Economics & Philosophy, Silliman College
- Rosa Kleinman, Economics & Mathematics, Benjamin Franklin College
- Jacob Alvarado, Economics, Benjamin Franklin College
2021 Tobin Scholars
- Jack Kelly, Economics & Mathematics, Morse College
- Rachel Zheng, Economics & Mathematics, Berkeley College
- Annie Zhao, Economics & Mathematics, Davenport College
- Alex Kane, Economics & Mathematics, Branford College
2020 Tobin Scholars
- Alya Ahmed, Economics & Mathematics, Pauli Murray College
- Sebastian Quaade, Economics & Mathematics, Pierson College
- Jared Rock, Economics, Pierson College
- Harry Westbrook, Economics, Morse College
2019 Tobin Scholars
- Jorge Colmenares-Miralles, Economics & Mathematics, Silliman College
- Cynthia Goldman, Economics & Mathematics, Silliman College
- Mark Gustaferro, Economics, Silliman College
- Lisa Qian, Economics, Silliman College
2018 Tobin Scholars
- Sarah Hamerling, Economics & Mathematics, Branford College
- Narek Alexanian, Economics & Mathematics, Berkeley College
- Jackson Simon, Economics, Saybrook College
- Nicolai Parks, Economics, Trumbull College
2017 Tobin Scholars
- Justin Katz, Economics & Mathematics, Ezra Stiles College
- Jason Gaitonde, Economics & Mathematics, Morse College
- Joyce Koltisko, Economics, Berkeley College
- Yicong Shen, Economics & Mathematics, Grace Hopper College
2016 Tobin Scholars
- Gregory (Greg) Cameron, Economics, Saybrook College
- Michael Chen Wang, Economics, Jonathan Edward College
- Anna Elizabeth Russo, Economics, Berkeley College
- Trevor Williams, Economics & Mathematics, Calhoun College
2015 Tobin Scholars
- Vivath Ly, Economics & Mathematics, Branford College
- Eugene Kim, Economics, Berkeley College
- Jonathan Lam, Electrical Engineering & Economics, Morse College
- Darien Lee, Economics & Chemistry, Branford College
2014 Tobin Scholars
- Anna Demaree, Economics, Pierson College
- Michael Hopkins, Economics & Computer Science, Saybrook College
- Kelly Hsu, Economics, Pierson College
- Jeremy Hutton, Economics, Pierson College
2013 Tobin Scholars
- Leon Zhang, Economics and Mathematics, Trumbull College
- Nicholas Alers, Economics, Davenport College
- Sherif Disi, Economics, Timothy Dwight College
- Maren Hopkins, Economics & Mechanical Engineering, Davenport College
2012 Inaugural Tobin Scholars
- Ian Hoffman, Economics and Mathematics, Berkeley College
- Jacob Effron, Economics, Silliman College
- Erica Segall, Economics, Morse College
- Christopher Vasseur, Economics, Jonathan Edwards College
The Charles Heber Dickerman Memorial Prize
Awarded to one or more seniors who have presented the best departmental essay.
2023
Bruno Moscarini
Sarah Moon
2022
Jack Hirsch
Kamila Janmohamed
2021
Marley Finley
2019
Sarah Ngo Hamerling
Narek Alexanian
2018
Saul Downie
Martin Lim
2017
Anna Russo
2016
Edward King
2015
Yuchen Liu
2014
Simeng Huang
2013
Natalia Emanuel
The Ellington Prize
Awarded to one or more seniors who have presented the best departmental essay in the field of finance.
2023
Aaron J. Dickstein
2022
Brian Zhu
2021
Rohan Garg
2019
Sienna Gough
2018
Neeraj Shekhar
2017
Alicia Borga Alverez
2016
Avery Schwartz
2015
Samuel Z. Shleifer
2014
Kevin Liu
2013
David Hu
The Louis F. Laun Award
Awarded to a graduating Economics or Econ&Math major for overall excellence in the Yale College program of study.
2023
Justin Ye
2022
Daniel Yen
2021
Alya Ahmed
2020
Jasper Fienberg
2019
Michael Mao
2018
Benjamin Sampson
2017
Michael Wang
2016
Michael S. Fogarty
2015
Mendy Yang
2014
Geoffrey Kocher
Yingqi Tan
2013
Mo gong
Hesu Yang
The Ronald Meltzer/Cornelia Awdziewicz Economic Award
Awarded to one or two runner-up(s) for the Dickerman Prize.
2023
Rosa Kleinman
2022
Michael Barresi
2021
Adrian Kulesza
Hannah Moreno
2019
Anthony Deaconn
2018
Kevin Huang
Jinchen Zhu
2017
Umme-e-Amen Jalal
Neha Sahai Anand
2016
Anthony Tokman
Darien Lee
2015
Ashley Wu
Kelly Hsu
2014
Michael Lei
Shuyan Li
Urvi Nopany
2013
Thomas Swartz
Erica Sega
The William M. Massee Prize
Awarded to a graduating Economics or Econ&Math major with an outstanding record in Economic courses.
2023
Ran Wang
2022
Jack Kelly
2021
Elias Voss
2020
Cynthia Goldman
2019
Rohit Goyal
2018
Anshu Chen
2017
Zheng Xiang Toh
2016
Eugene K. Kim
2015
Evan Millstein
2014
Maren Hopkins
2013
Ian Hoffman
David Carel