Prizes

The Charles Heber Dickerman Memorial Prize

Awarded to one or more seniors who have presented the best departmental essay.

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.

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 major with an outstanding course record in all courses taken in Yale College during the first seven terms.

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.

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 major with an outstanding record in Economic courses in the first seven terms of Yale College.

2017

Zheng Xiang Toh

2016

Eugene K. Kim

2015

Evan Millstein

2014

Maren Hopkins

2013

Ian Hoffman
David Carel

Tobin Scholars

The Department of Economics has established an annual prize for outstanding performance in the core theory courses in economics: intermediate microeconomics (Econ 121 and Econ 125), intermediate macroeconomics (Econ 122 and Econ 126), and econometrics (Econ 131 and Econ 136). This prize will be awarded in each academic year to up to four senior majors in Economics or Economics and Mathematics who have excelled in these courses. The prizewinners 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.

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