Prizes, Awards & Recognitions

New Zealand Economic Policy Prize

The prize will be awarded to the paper that is deemed to make the best contribution to analysis of economic policy in or applied to New Zealand. Papers analysing New Zealand policy within a multi-country context will qualify to be considered for the award. This $1,000 award is sponsored by the NZAE Education Trust.

Conditions of entry

  • Any paper that contributes to economic policy in New Zealand may be entered in this competition.
  • Paper submission must meet all of the deadlines for abstract and full paper submission in order to remain eligible.
  • When submitting the abstract also select entry into this competition through the conference website
  • Entrants must be able to attend and present their paper at the NZAE Conference. The presentation may be either an Oral Presentation or Poster Presentation.

It is the written paper that will be judged based on the following criteria: the quality of economic analysis; and the merits of the New-Zealand-specific application.

NOTE: Payment of any monies will only be in NZ dollars, either by way of an NZ cheque made out to the awardee as the payee or a direct debit to a NZ bank account held in the name of the awardee.

Previous Winners

2023 – Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy
2022 – Stuart Donovan, Thomas de Graaff, Arthur Grimes, Henri L.F. de Groot & David C. MarĂ©
2021 – Alexander Plum, Tom Kirchmaier, AndrĂ© Diegmann & Kabir Dasgupta
2019 – John Creedy, Nazila Alinaghi & Norman Gemmell
2018 – Jed Armstrong, Hayden Skilling & Fang Yao
2017 – Richard Meade
2016 – Sina Mashinchi
2015 – Joey Au
2014 – Boon-Ling Yeo & Adam Daigneault
2013 – David Law
2012 – Andrew Coleman
2011 – David Law, Lisa Meehan, Grant Scobie

NZAE Membership

Members of the NZAE typically have a degree in economics or commerce and in the normal course of work use the tools of economic analysis as teachers, investigators or advisors on economic matters.

Benefits
  • The NZAE Conference
  • Subscription to Asymmetric Information Newsletter
  • Free access to NZAE Journal

The NZAE Conference

Held annually, with presentations provided by local and international economists.

The next conference will be in 2026

New ZealandEconomic Papers

New Zealand Economic Papers publishes research of the highest quality from leading international scholars in all areas of economics. The Journal also serves as an outlet for world class research on important economic and policy issues relevant to New Zealand, the Pacific, Australia, and Asia. The Journal covers all aspects of economics, from micro- to macrotheory and micro- to macroeconometrics.

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