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Winner for 2024 Publication YearThe Harry Johnson Prize for best paper in the CJE was awarded to Antoine Gervais, James R. Markusen, and Anthony J. Venables for their paper, "Regional specialisation: from the geography of industries to the geography of jobs" published in the November 2024 issue. Harry Johnson PrizeThe Canadian Economics Association awards the Harry G. Johnson Prize each year to the author or authors of the paper judged to be the best paper published in the Canadian Journal of Economics in the preceding calendar year. The Prize is awarded at the annual meetings of the Canadian Economics Association and is selected by a committee of three, who normally serve for three years each in overlapping terms. The prize was incepted in 1977 and has a cash value of $2,000. About Harry Johnson The Prize is named in honour of distinguished Canadian economist Harry G. Johnson who died in 1977 at the age of 57. Harry Johnson was born in Toronto and obtained his B.A. degree in Political Economy from the University of Toronto in 1943. He then obtained his first academic appointment, as Acting Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, where he stayed for one year. He served with the Canadian army in the latter stages of WWII, then returned to the University of Toronto in 1946 to do an M.A. degree. Johnson moved on to Harvard for his Ph.D. studies in economics, and subsequently held several distinguished academic appointments, most notably at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Economics. He also took the time to hold many visiting appointments in Canada over the years. Harry Johnson produced a remarkably large quantity of highly influential research publications, particularly but not exclusively in international finance, international trade theory, and macroeconomics. In addition, he was a larger than life figure who is remembered for the enormous impact he had on the structure of economics graduate programs in Britain, the USA, and Canada, and also for his impact on the evolution of economics journals. Although he never held a permanent professorial appointment in Canada, he somehow managed to be the most academically influential and respected "Canadian" economist of the 1960s and early 1970s. Past Winners2023 (Tied) Damien Dussaux, Francesco Vona, and Antoine Dechezleprêtre for their paper, “Imported carbon emissions: Evidence from French manufacturing companies”, vol 56(2), pp. 593-621, May 2023. Jun Du, Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg, and Ignat Stepanok for their paper, “Who wins and who loses from state subsidies?”, vol 56(3), pp. 1007-1031, August 2023.
2022 Olivier Fortin-Gagnon, Maxime Leroux, Dalibor Stevanovic, and Stéphane Surprenant for their paper, "A large Canadian database for macroeconomic analysis", vol 55(4), pp. 1799-1833, November 2022.
2021 (Tied) Donn. L. Feir and Christopher Auld for their paper, "Indian Residential Schools, Height, and Body Mass Post-1930", vol 54(1), pp. 126-163, February 2021. Federico Ravenna and Marcus Mølbak Ingholt for their paper "The impact of inflation targeting: Testing the good luck hypothesis" vol. 54(1), pp. 443-470, February 2021.
2020 Gaetano Basso, Giovanni Peri and Ahmed S. Rahman for their paper, "Computerization and immigration: Theory and evidence from the United States", vol. 53(4), pp. 1457-1494, November 2020.
2019 Lauren E. Jones, Kevin Milligan and Mark Stabile for their paper, "Child cash benefits and family expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit", vol. 52(4), pp. 1433-1463, November 2019.
2018 Joel Rodrigue and Kunio Tsuyuhara for their paper "On-the-Job-Search, Wage Dispersion and Trade Liberalization", vol 51(2), pp. 452-482, May 2018.
2017 Gino Cateau for his paper, "Price-level versus Inflation Targeting under Model Uncertainty", vol 50(2), pp. 522-540, May 2017.
2016 Lukas Albrecht and Trevor Tombe for their paper, "Internal trade, productivity and interconnected industries: A quantitative analysis", vol 49(1), pp. 237-263, February 2016.
2015 Nicolas-Guillaume Martineau and Gregor W. Smith for their paper, "Identifying fiscal policy (in)effectiveness from the differential counter-cyclicality of government spending in the interwar period", vol 48(4), pp. 1291-1320, November 2015.
2014 Philippe Belley, Marc Frenette and Lance Lochner for their paper, "Post-secondary attendance by parental income in the U.S. and Canada: Do financial aid policies explain the differences?", vol 47(2), pp. 664-696, May 2014.
2013 Kris Inwood and Ian Keay for their paper, "Trade Policy and Industrial Development: Iron and Steel in a Small Open Economy 1870-1913", vol 46(4), pp. 1265-1294, November 2013.
2012 Matilde Bombardini, Christopher J. Kurz and Peter M. Morrow for their paper, "Ricardian Trade and the Impact of Domestic Competition on Export Performance", vol 45(2), pp. 585-612, May 2012.
2011 Wen-Hao Chen and Jean-Yves Duclos for their paper, "Testing for poverty dominance: an application to Canada", vol 44(3), pp. 781-803, August 2011.
2010 Matthieu Crozet and Pamina Koenig for their paper, "Structural Gravity Equations with Intensive and Extensive Margins", vol 43(1), pp. 41-62, February 2010.
2009 Nezih Guner and John Knowles for their paper, "Why Is the Rate of Single-Parenthood Lower in Canada than in the U.S.? A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Welfare Policies" vol 42(1), pp. 56-89, February 2009.
2008 Kevin Milligan and Marie Rekkas: "Campaign spending limits, incumbent spending, and election outcomes", vol 41(4), pp. 1351-1374, November 2008.
2007 Véronique Flambard, Pierre Lasserre, and Pierre Mohnen for their paper, "Snow removal auctions in Montreal: costs, informational rents, and procurement management", vol 40(1), pp. 245-277, February 2007.
2006 Benjamin H. Liebman and Kara M. Reynolds for their paper, "The Returns from Rent-Seeking: Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsidies, and the Byrd Amendment", vol 39(4), pp. 1345-1369, November 2006.
2005 M. Christopher Auld for his paper, "Causal effect of early initiation on adolescent smoking patterns", vol 38(3), pp. 709-734, August 2005.
2004 Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal for their paper, "A theory of gender differences in parental altruism", vol 37(4), pp. 918-950, November 2004.
2003 B. Curtis Eaton and Mukesh Eswaran for their paper, "The evolution of preferences and competition: a rationalization of Veblen's theory of invidious comparisons", vol 36(4), pp. 832-859, November 2003.
2002 Robin Boadway, Nicolas Marceau and Steeve Mongrain for their paper, "Joint Tax Evasion", vol 35(3), pp. 417-435, August 2002.
2001 Mark Stabile for his paper, "Private Insurance Subsidies and Public Health Care Markets: Evidence from Canada", vol 34(4), pp. 921-942, November 2001.
2000 Paul Beaudry and David A. Green for their paper, "Cohort Patterns in Canadian Earnings: Assessing the Role of Skill Premia in Inequality Trends", vol 33(4), pp. 907-936, November 2000.
1999 Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis for their paper, "Property rights, competition, and depletion in the eighteenth-century Canadian fur trade: the role of the European market", vol 32(3), pp. 705-728, May 1999.
1998 Christopher Ferrall, Allan W. Gregory and William G. Tholl for their paper, "Endogenous works hours and practice patterns of Canadian physicians", vol 31(1), pp. 1-27, February 1998.
1997 Noel Gaston and Daniel Trefler for their paper, "The labour market consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement", vol 30(1), pp. 18-41, February 1997.
1996 J.C. Herbert Emery and Kenneth J. McKenzie for their paper, "Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't: an Option Value Approach to Evaluating the Subsidy of the CPR Mainline", vol 29(2), pp. 255-270, May 1996.
1995 Alan G. Green and David A. Green for their paper, "Canadian Immigration Policy: the Effectiveness of the Point System and Other Instruments", vol 28(4b), pp. 1006-1041, November 1995.
1994 Peter S. Burton for his paper, "Support for a Characteristics Approach: Evidence from the Market for the Insecticides", vol 27(1), pp. 1-19, February 1994.
1993 Aileen J. Thompson for her paper, "The Anticipated Sectoral Adjustment to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement: An Event Study Analysis", vol 26(2), pp. 253-271, May 1993.
1992 Larry Karp and David M. Newbery for their paper, "Dynamically Consistent Oil Import Tariffs", vol 25(1), pp. 1-21, February 1992.
1991 Ross D. Milbourne, Douglas D. Purvis and W. David Scoones for their paper, "Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Dynamics", vol 24(4), pp. 804-826, November 1991.
1990 Joseph G. Altonji and John C. Ham for their paper, "Intertemporal Substitution, Exogeneity, and Surprises; Estimating Life Cycle Models for Canada", vol 23(1), pp. 1-43, February 1990.
1989 A.L. Robb and J.B. Burbidge for their paper, "Consumption, Income, and Retirement", vol 22(3), pp. 522-542, August 1989.
1988 John McMillan and Peter Morgan for their paper, "Dispersion, Price Flexibility, and Repeated Purchasing", vol 21(4), pp. 883-902, November 1988.
1987 Randall Wright and Janine Loberg for their paper, "Unemployment Insurance, Taxes, and Unemployment", vol 20(1), pp. 36-54, February 1987.
1986 B. Espen Eckbo for his paper, "Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control: the Canadian Evidence", vol 19(2), pp. 236-260, May 1986.
1985 Richard Harris for his paper, "Why Voluntary Export Restraints are "Voluntary?", vol 18(4), pp. 799-809, November 1985.
1984 Gene M. Grossman for his paper, "International Competition and the Unionized Sector", vol 17(3), pp. 541-556, August 1984.
1983 Michael Peters and Ralph A. Winter for their paper, "Market Equilibrium and the Resolution of Uncertainty", vol 16(3), pp. 381-390, August 1983.
1982 Richard Arnott for his paper, "The Structure of Multi-Period Employment Contracts with Incomplete Insurance Markets", vol 15(1), pp. 51-76, February 1982.
1981 James A. Brander and Barbara J. Spencer for their paper, "Tariffs and the Extraction of Foreign Monopoly Rents Under Potential Entry", vol 14(3), pp. 371-389, August 1981.
1979 Gordon R. Munro for his paper, "The Optimal Management of Transboundary Renewable Resources", vol 12(3), pp. 355-376, August 1979.
1978 (Tied) Robin Boadway and John Treddenick for their paper, "A General Equilibrium Computation of the Effects of the Canadian Tariff Structure", vol 11(3), pp. 424-446, August 1978. Ulrich R. Kohli for his paper, "A Gross National Product Function and the Derived Demand for Imports and the Supply of Exports", vol 11(2), pp. 167-182, May 1978.
1977 (Tied) Keith Acheson for his paper, "Revenue vs. Protection: the Pricing of Wine by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario", vol 10(2), pp. 246-262, May 1977. Wilfred J. Ethier for his paper, "The Theory of Effective Protection in General Equilibrium: Effective-Rate Analogues of Nominal Rates", vol 10(2), pp. 233-245, May 1977. |
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