Sorry to be late on this one, but here is the AEA take on her contributions, many of which involve health care economics and the study of health insurance. I am not sure she was considered an obvious front-runner from the beginning, but in my view it is an excellent pick (without intending any slight [...]
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Ryan Avent writes: >Economics: Jonathan Levin wins the John Bates Clark medal: THE American Economic Association has announced that Jonathan Levin, an economist at Stanford University, has one the prestigious John Bates Clark medal,... Read Post
Raj Chetty has been named the 2013 winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, which the American Economic Association awards annually to an “American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contributio... Read Post
Chalk up a point for the health care nerds: M.I.T.’s Amy Finkelstein has won the American Economics Associations’ Clark Medal, given every year to the nation’s most promising economist under the age of 40. The award is a good predic... Read Post