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Doug Purvis Memorial Prize Douglas Purvis (1950 - 1993) Nominations are now open for the 2026 award of the Doug Purvis Memorial Prize. An award is to be presented for a work of excellence relating to Canadian economic policy and published in 2025. The award is open to all forms of written media in which material relevant to Canadian economic policy appears including a series of articles in newspapers or magazines, books, single articles in scholarly journals, government studies including monographs done for royal commissions, other official documents, and think-tank reports. To be eligible, the material must be published and primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, related to some issue in Canadian economic policy. Regarding Publication Date: A contribution may be considered eligible based on either a) the print publication date or b) an official online publication date. However, a contribution cannot enter the competition twice; if the online publication date is used to determine eligibility, then resubmission will not subsequently be allowed at the time of the print publication. In the case that a non-author nominates a paper that is eligible based on the online publication date, the author's permission must be given. This will ensure that the author is aware that they may not submit again after the print publication date. Electronic submissions (in PDF format) are preferred and should be sent to office@economics.ca. Your email should include the name and address of the nominator and full details of the nominee, including affiliation. Individuals wanting to submit their Purvis Prize submissions by hardcopy need to contact Paula Emery at office@economics.ca for further instructions. Nominations should be submitted by March 9, 2026.
About the Prize
The Doug Purvis Memorial Prize is awarded annually to the authors of a highly significant, written contribution to Canadian economic policy. The award was established in 1994 in honour and memory of noted Canadian economist Doug Purvis. The competition is open to all forms of print media in which material relevant to Canadian economic policy appears, including books, single articles in scholarly journals, government studies including monographs done for royal commissions, think tank reports and a series of articles in newspapers or magazines.The Doug Purvis Memorial Prize selection committee is made up of Canadian economists from academia, government and the private sector. The memory of Doug Purvis is also honoured each year with the Purvis Lunch at the annual meetings of the Canadian Economics Association, at which the Purvis Prize is awarded to the winner. The Purvis Lunch also features the Doug Purvis Memorial Lecture about economic policy topics by eminent economists. Since the Prize was first awarded in 1994, a quarter century has passed. Today it is widely recognized in the economics profession as the premier academic award for Canadian economic policy contributions. The Canadian Economics Association is grateful to the family of Doug Purvis for funding the prize, and for their continuing support. The CEA would also like to acknowledge with gratitude all other donors who have contributed to the prize: Power Corporation, TD Canada Trust, RBC, CIBC, Horizons ETFs, Shawcorp, Lang Michener, the Cidel Group, and the Felesky family.
Winners: Monica Jain, Olena Kostyshyna and Xu Zhang for “How do people view wage and price inflation?”, published in the Journal of Monetary Economics (Volume 145, July, 2024). Selection Committee for the 2025 Prize: Martin Boyer, Edda Claus, Brett House, Joseph Macaluso, Cherie Metcalf, Simon van Norden (Chair)
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