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Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics -palkinto

Recipients of the award
 
1993
Jean-Jacques LAFFONT and Jean TIROLE, University of Toulouse: for their innovative work in the application of economic theory to the analysis of incentives, especially in industrial economics. (Selection Committee: Jacques Drèze, Michael Bruno, Erkki Koskela)
 
1995
Richard BLUNDELL, University College London: for his pathbreaking contributions to consumption behaviour and microeconometrics.
 
1997
Torsten PERSSON, University of Stockholm: for his contributions to the study of economic policy. He has been able to study the connection between political institutions and economic performance with respect to growth , distribution and the size of government. (Selection Committee: Martin Hellwig, Erkki Koskela, Stephen Nickell, Richard Portes, Agnar Sandmo)
 
1999
Nobuhiro KIYOTAKI and John MOORE, London School of Economics: for their path-breaking work on contracting and exchange. (Selection Committee: Martin Hellwig, Erkki Koskela, Torsten Persson, Richard Portes, Jean Tirole)
 
2001
Philippe AGHION, Harvard University and University College London, and Guido TABELLINI, Universita Bocconi in Milan: for their contributions in political economics and macroeconomics as well as in corporate finance and industrial organisation. (Selection Committee: Pierre Pestieau as Chairman, Torsten Persson, Kevin Roberts, Rune Stenbacka and Jean Tirole)
 
2003
Mathias DEWATRIPONT, Universite Libre de Bruxelles for his path-breaking contributions to both pure and applied contract theory, and organization economics. (Selection Committee: Kevin Roberts as Chairman, Richard Blundell, Birgit Grodal, Pierre Pestieau and Rune Stenbacka)
 
2005
Timothy BESLEY, London School of Economics, and Jordi GALI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra: for their landmark contributions in development economics, public economics, and political economy, and for the development of the "New Keynesian" macroeconomics. (Selection Committee: Richard Blundell as Chairman, Elhanan Helpman, Salvador Barbera, Marco Pagano and Rune Stenbacka)
 
2007
Gilles SAINT-PAUL, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse: for his innovative research on labour markets and political economy. (Selection Committee: Guido Tabellini as Chairman, Seppo Honkapohja, Marco Pagano, Elhanan Helpman, Guy Laroque)
 
2009
John VAN REENEN, London School of Economics, and Fabrizio ZILIBOTTI, University of Zürich, for their important contributions to the analysis of technological innovation and its link with economic growth and labor market phenomena. (Selection Committee: Guido Tabellini as Chairman, Manuel Arellano, Ernst Fehr, Seppo Honkapohja, and Guy Laroque).