Young Economist Essay Awards 2006

Every year, on the occasion of the annual conference, the president of EARIE presents a limited number of awards to young researchers for papers of exceptionally high quality. Young researchers are under 35 years of age and have completed their Ph.D. less than 5 years ago from the starting date of the conference. In addition to a memorial plaque, the YEEA consists of € 1000,-.

In 2006 the President of EARIE, Prof. Dr. Lars-Hendrik Roeller, hands out 4 awards. One of these awards is dedicated to the late Paul Geroski for the paper that makes the most significant policy contribution.

The Jury of the 2006 YEEA consists of:

Lars-Hendrik Röller (Chair)

Patrick van Cayseele

Jeroen Hinloopen

Sander Onderstal

The referees for the 2006 YEEA are:

Jan Boone

Paul Grout

Daniel Kovenock

Patrick Legros

Joseph Harrington

Stephen Martin

Jan Potters

Reinhilde Veugelers

EARIE2006/ YEEA Winners
The President of EARIE is happy to announce this year's prize winners:

Rossella Argenziano, University of Essex, Differentiated Networks: Equilibrium and Efficiency;
Pai-Ling Yin, Harvard Business School,
Information Dispersion and Auction Prices;
Rosa Branca Esteves, University of Minho and NIPE, Customer Poaching and Advertising.

The Paul Geroski Prize for the most significant policy contribution is awarded to:

Yanhua Zhang, University of Toulouse,
Forward Contracts and Collusion in the Electricity Markets.