John Bates Clark Medal
The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded biannually by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge". Named after the American Neoclassical economist John Bates Clark (1847-1938), it is considered one of the two most prestigious awards in the field of economics, along with the Bank of Sweden memorial prize. Around 50% of past Medal winners have gone on to win the more frequently-awarded Nobel, following an average wait of over 20 years.
Past recipients
- 1947 Paul A. Samuelson (1970)
- 1949 Kenneth E. Boulding
- 1951 Milton Friedman (1976)
- 1953 No award
- 1955 James Tobin (1981)
- 1957 Kenneth J. Arrow (1972)
- 1959 Lawrence R. Klein (1980)
- 1961 Robert M. Solow (1987)
- 1963 Hendrik S. Houthakker
- 1965 Zvi Griliches
- 1967 Gary S. Becker (1992)
- 1969 Marc Leon Nerlove
- 1971 Dale W. Jorgenson
- 1973 Franklin M. Fisher
- 1975 Daniel McFadden (2000)
- 1977 Martin S. Feldstein
- 1979 Joseph E. Stiglitz (2001)
- 1981 A. Michael Spence (2001)
- 1983 James J. Heckman (2000)
- 1985 Jerry A. Hausman
- 1987 Sanford J. Grossman
- 1989 David M. Kreps
- 1991 Paul R. Krugman
- 1993 Lawrence H. Summers
- 1995 David Card
- 1997 Kevin M. Murphy
- 1999 Andrei Shleifer
- 2001 Matthew Rabin
- 2003 Steven Levitt
- 2005 Daron Acemoglu
(Year in parentheses gives the year in which the Bank of Sweden Prize was awarded or co-awarded)