Jacques Artus Award
Every year, the Jacques Artus Award is presented to the IDEC MS student who has shown excellence in research, demonstrated continuous hard work in the classroom, and has distinguished themselves as contributors to the public good of the Economics department.
Past awardees
Winner: Mutiu O. Fakorede
Runners-ups:
- Juan Gomez
- Pricila Serratos
Winner: Yibekal Tessema
Thesis: The Role of Learning Styles in the Uptake of Index Insurance: Evidence from Kenya
Runners-up:
- Scott Barger
- Jeanette Silverdale
- Dev Sahadevan
Winner: Ryan McWay
Thesis: Cruising Through School: General Equilibrium Effects of Cruise Ship Arrivals on Employment and Education
Runners-ups:
James Dumlao
Thesis: Innovation Dynamics of Cultural Production: Evidence in Rap Lyrics
Anna Subirana
Thesis: The Role of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Imports in Child and Women Obesity
Award Winners
Isabel Miranda
Thesis: The Long-run Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Infant Mortality
Shikhar Mehr
Thesis: Economic Shocks and Personality Traits of the Ultra-Poor
Runners-ups:
- Mustafa Hisham Zahid
Thesis: The Impact of Cleft Lip/Palate and CLP Surgical Intervention on the Social Integration of Adolescents in India) - Theresa Solenski
Thesis: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs Through Mentorship in Medellin, Colombia: Results from the Field
Winner: Charlotte Amy Taylor
Thesis: Sweden’s Great Escape: Industrialization and the Changing Productivity Cost of Winter
Runners-up:
- Anjali Limbu
- Robert MacDonald
- Heleene Tambet
Winners:
Matthew Krupoff
Thesis: Income Shocks and the Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence in Indonesia
Berenger Djoumessi Tiague
Thesis: Agricultural Technology Adoption and Adaptation Strategies Under Climate Change: Micro-evidence from Niger
Runners-up:
- Miranda Lambert
- Daniel Salicath