Best paper awards

The Econometric Society adopted a "Best Paper Prize" in 2015 for its two journals Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics. These awards highlight the best paper published in each of the journals in the areas of quantitative economics and economic theory.

Since 2019, the prize has been awarded by an external committee appointed by the President of the Society, as described in the Society’s Rules and Procedures, alternating annually between QE and TE. The winning paper must be published in the in the two calendar years immediately preceding the year in which the award is made.

The following papers have been awarded the Best Paper Prize for Theoretical Economics.

2024

Laura Doval, Dynamically stable matching, Theoretical Economics, 17, 687–724 (2022).

2022

Doruk Cetemen, Ilwoo Hwang, and Ayça Kaya, Uncertainty-Driven Cooperation, Theoretical Economics, 15, 1023–1058 (2020).

2020

Simone Galperti, A theory of personal budgeting, Theoretical Economics, 14, 173–210 (2019).

2017

Péter Eső and Balázs Szentes, Dynamic contracting: an irrelevance theorem, Theoretical Economics, 12, 109–139.

2016

Alexander Wolitzky, Mechanism design with maxmin agents: theory and an application to bilateral trade, Theoretical Economics, 11, 971–1004.

2015

Dilip Abreu, David G. Pearce, and Ennio Stacchetti, One-sided uncertainty and delay in reputational bargaining, Theoretical Economics, 10, 719–773