Prizes

The Scottish Economic Society awards a prize of £1000 for the best paper presented at its annual conference by an economist currently registered for a PhD or who has successfully completed a PhD between 2020 and 2025.  

Please note: All authors on the paper must have received their PhD in 2020 or later to be considered for the Cairncross Prize.

Consideration for the prize presupposes conference attendance and Society membership.

Prize winners are announced at the Sir Alec Cairncross Dinner.

Winner

Naoki Yago, University of Cambridge for their paper 'Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies in a Global Economy'

Runner up

Hedieh Tajali, University of Edinburgh for their paper 'Why give if others will? Evidence of crowd-out in a crowdfunding platform'