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The Georgescu-Roegen Prize

The Georgescu-Roegen Prize is awarded each year by the Southern Economic Association for the best academic article published in the Southern Economic Journal. The prize consists of an engraved plaque and a monetary award, the amount of which is determined by a set portion of the earnings on the Georgescu-Roegen endowment. Recipients of the prize are chosen by a selection committee consisting of the Editor of the Southern Economic Journal, and two Vice Presidents of the Southern Economic Association.

The winner for 2006 is:

  • Çagatay Koç (University of Texas at Arlington)

Çagatay Koç was awarded the 2006 Georgescu-Roegen Prize for best article published in volume 72 of the Southern Economic Journal; his article is titled "Health-Specific Moral Hazard Effects” (SEJ, volume 72, number 1, July 2005).

Honorable mention for 2006 is:

  • Troy Tassier (Fordham University)

The selection committee granted an honorable mention to “Labor Market Implications of Weak Ties” in the January 2006 issue by Troy Tassier, Assistant Professor of Economics at Fordham University (SEJ, volume 72, number 3, January 2006).

Past Recipients

2005   Mark Dickie (University of Central Florida)

2004   Paul Devereux (University of California, Los Angeles)
                    
2003   Rachel Connelly (Bowdoin College)
           Jean Kimmel (Western Michigan University)
          
2002   Jennifer L. Troyer (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

2001   Jakob B. Madsen (Brunel University(U.K.))

2000   Ann L. Owen (Hamilton College)

1999   Robert K. Fleck (Montana State University)

1998   George R. Clarke (The World Bank)
           Robert P. Strauss (Carnegie Mellon University)

1997   Robert H. Frank (Cornell University)

1996   J. Stephen Ferris (Carleton University(Canada))
           Edwin G. West (Cornell University)
          
1995   Charles R. Plott (California Institute of Technology)
           Alexandre Borges Sugiyama (California Institute of Technology)
           Filad Elbaz (California Institute of Technology)

1994   Dennis C. Mueller (University of Maryland)
           Elizabeth A. Reardon (Department of Justice)

1993   Richard G. Frank (Johns Hopkins University)
           David S. Salkever (Johns Hopkins University)

1992   Randall Holcombe (Florida State University)

1991   Mwangi S. Kimenyi (University of Connecticut)

1990   R.W. Hafer (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
           Richard G. Sheehan (Notre Dame University)

1989   Bruce Benson (Florida State University)
          
1988   James Peery Cover (University of Alabama)

1987   Nancy J. Wulwick (California State University)