2018 SIOE Awards: Announcement and Call for Nominations

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By Bentley MacLeod

This year the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics calls for nominations for the 2018 Douglass North and 2018 Ronald Coase Awards.

The Douglass North Best Book Award

  • For the best book in institutional and organizational economics published in the calendar years 2016 or 2017.
  • The entry must have been published in English by a recognized press.
  • Nominations may come from any academic other than the author(s) of the work, and must include a letter explaining the reasons for the nomination.
  • Nominations must include an electronic copy of the book’s front matter (title page, copyright page, preface, and table of contents).
  • Copies of the top three short listed books may be requested by the committee from the Press, the author, or the nominator.
  • The Award Committee will review submissions and pick the winner.
  • The submission deadline is April 15th, 2018.
  • Submissions should be sent to the SIOE Secretary, Prof. Giorgio Zanarone, at gzanarone@cunef.edu.

 

The Ronald H. Coase Dissertation Award

  • Anyone may nominate a dissertation.
  • Candidates will be asked to submit a 5 page abstract and have sent (under separate cover) a letter from an advisor or Ph.D. committee member explaining the contribution of the dissertation.
  • The Award Committee will review entries and choose a shortlist of finalists. Finalists will be required to submit their full dissertation, from which the Committee will choose a winner.
  • To be eligible, the PhD would have to be awarded in the calendar years 2016 or 2017.
  • The result will be announced at the SIOE meeting in June 2018.
  • Deadline for submission is April 15th, 2018.
  • Submissions should be sent to the chair of the Coase Award committee, Prof. Nan Jia, at Nan.Jia@marshall.usc.edu.

Please see the Society's website for more information, including information on the Elinor Ostrom Award that will be assigned next year: www.sioe.org. For more information on the awards offered by the Society see https://www.sioe.org/sioe-awards.