Adam Smith Prize

Economics award

The Adam Smith Prizes are prizes currently awarded for the best overall examination performance and best dissertation in Part IIB of the Economics Tripos (the graduation examination for economics undergraduates) at the University of Cambridge.^[1] The prize - named after Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith - was originally established in 1891 and awarded triennially for the best submitted essay on a subject of the writer's choice.^[2]

List of past recipients

1894 Arthur Lyon Bowley^[2]
1897 Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence^[2]
1900 Sydney Chapman^[2]
1903 Arthur Cecil Pigou^[2]
1906 Ernest Alfred Benians
1909 John Maynard Keynes^[2]
1914 Claude Guillebaud^[3]
1929 R. F. Kahn^[4]
1930 Ruth Cohen^[5]
1932 K. S. Isles
1933 B. P. Adarkar^[6]
1935 W. B. Reddaway^[7]
1936 D. G. Champernowne^[8]
1954 Amartya Sen^[9]
1956 Manmohan Singh^[10]
1974 Martin Osborne^[11]
1987 Richard J. Parkin
2000 Saugato Datta and Richard Fearon^[12]^[13]
2004 James Benford
2006 Mark Shields
2007 Stefanie Stantcheva^[14]
2008 Thomas Mckendrick and Shivam Patel^[15]
2009 Praneet Shah
2011 Ossie Akushie and Shafi Anwar
2013 Inna Grinis and Ivan Kuznetsov^[16]
2014 James Walker^[17]
2015 Ben Andrews and Jonathon Hazell^[18]
2016 Isar Bhattacharjee and Toni Oki^[19]
2017 Joel Flynn and Joseph Lee^[20]
2018 Tireni Ajilore, George Nikolakoudis, Laurence O’Brien and Sajan Shah^[21]
2019 Vlastimil Rasocha and Kuishuai Yi
2020 Neal Patel, David Lee, Liam Grant, Andrew Koh and Michael Bennett^[22]
2021 Valerie Chuang, Matthew Chen and Jack Golden^[23]
2022 George Gatsios, Mahin Vekaria, Eu-Wayne Mok and Gaon Kim ^[24]

References

^ Ordinances of the University of Cambridge, Chapter XII Archived May 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine p.871
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Marshall, Alfred; Whitaker, John King (1996). The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist: Towards the close, 1903-1924. Cambridge University Press. pp. 94, 148. ISBN 0-521-55886-7.
^ "GUILLEBAUD, Claude William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2023 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Educational Topics and Events". nature. 124 (3133): 778–779. 16 November 1929. doi:10.1038/124778b0.
^ "Educational Topics and Events". nature. 126 (3185): 791–792. 15 November 1930. doi:10.1038/126791b0.
^ "University and Educational Intelligence". nature. 132 (3347): 977. 23 December 1933. Bibcode:1933Natur.132Q.977.. doi:10.1038/132977a0.
^ "Educational Topics and Events". nature. 135 (3402): 77. 1935. doi:10.1038/135077a0.
^ "Educational Topics and Events". nature. 138 (3504): 1110. 26 December 1936. Bibcode:1936Natur.138Q1110.. doi:10.1038/1381110a0.
^ Prof. Amartya Sen's Profile Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Biodata
^ Martin J. Osborne's curriculum vitae
^ Cambridge University Reporter 12 July 2000
^ Saugato Datta CV on 3ie site
^ Prof. Stefanie Stantcheva's CV
^ "Econ Prizes" (PDF). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Clare Association Annual 2014". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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^ https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/13698372/mod_resource/content/0/FACULTY%20OF%20ECONOMICS_PRIZES.pdf ^{[dead link]}
^ "Congratulations to the 2020 Adam Smith Prize Winners". 27 July 2020.
^ "Undergraduate achievements topped with Adam Smith prizes". July 2021.
^ "Cambridge University Reporter No 6681" (PDF). 23 December 2022.

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