Awards

The Public Utility Research Center Prize

Nancy L. Rose presenting the 2022 Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics to Matthew Leisten and Nicholas Vreugdenhil (not pictured).

The annual award, sponsored by the University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Center, is for the best paper in regulatory economics accepted for presentation at the International Industrial Organization Conference.

The winning paper is selected by a committee of experts from the relevant papers that are accepted for presentation at the conference.

The Public Utility Research Center Prize Winners:

  • The twelfth Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded to Jason Allen (Bank of Canada), Robert Clark (Queen’s University), Brent Hickman (Washington University in St. Louis) and Eric Richert (Queen’s University) for their paper to Resolving Failed Banks: Uncertainty, Multiple Bidding, and Market Design.
  • The eleventh annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded to Gaston Illanes, Northwestern University and Sarah Moshary; University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Deregulation through Direct Democracy: Lessons from Liquor Markets 
  • The tenth annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded to Matthew Grennan, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and Robert Town, University of Texas – Austin Regulating Innovation with Uncertain Quality: Information, Risk and Access in Medical Devices
  • The ninth annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded on April 8 to Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Camilla Roncoroni, University of Warwick, Political Connections and Market Structure
  • The eight annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded on April 16 to Javier Donna (Ohio State University) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale University) The Illiquidity of Water Markets: Efficient Institutions for Water Allocation in Southeastern Spain
  • The seventh annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded on April 25 to Shaun McRae, University of Michigan for Vertical Integration and Price Differentials in the U.S. Crude Oil Market.
  • The sixth annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded in May to Shanjun Li, Cornell University for Better Lucky than Rich? Welfare Analysis of Automobile License Allocations in Beijing and Shanghai.
  • The fifth annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded in May 2013 to Marit Hinnosaar, Northwestern University,Time Inconsistency and Alcohol Sales Restrictions.
  • The fourth annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded in March 2012 to Cristian Huse, Stockholm School of Economics Fast and Furious (and Dirty): The Effects of Environmental Policy on the Swedish Car Market
  • The following two papers won the third annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics.
    Joseph Cullen (Harvard University) Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind Generated Electricity and
    Catherine Tucker(MIT), James D. Campbell, (University of Toronto)and Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) Privacy Regulation and Market Structure.
  • The second annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded in 2010 to Maria Kopsakangas-Savolainen and Rauli Svento (both of the University of Oulu) for their paper Comparing Welfare Effects of Different Regulation Schemes: An Application to the Electricity Distribution Industry.
  • The first annual Public Utility Research Center Prize for the best paper in regulatory economics was awarded in 2009 to Byung-Cheol Kim (Georgia Tech) and Jay Pil Choi (Michigan State University) for their paper entitled Net Neutrality and Investment Incentives