Organized Section 25: Michael Wallerstein Award
Political Economy Section Award Recipients
Michael Wallerstein Award
The Michael Wallerstein Award is given for the best published article in Political Economy in the previous calendar year.
| 2016 | Ernesto Calvo, University of Maryland, College Park “The Achilles Heel of Plurality Systems: Geography and Representation in Multiparty Democracies.” American Journal of Political Science, 59/4 (October) 2015: 789-805. |
| 2016 | Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University “The Achilles Heel of Plurality Systems: Geography and Representation in Multiparty Democracies.” American Journal of Political Science, 59/4 (October) 2015: 789-805. |
| 2015 | David Stasavage, New York University “Was Weber Right? The Role of Urban Autonomy in Europe’s Rise.” APSR 108/2 2014: 337-354. |
| 2014 | Saumitra Jha, Stanford University “Trade, Institutions, and Ethnic Tolerance: Evidence from South Asia” (American Political Science Review 107 (4), November 2013) |
| 2013 | Dennis Quinn, Georgetown University The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (American Political Science Review 106 (1) February 2012, pp. 58-80) |
| 2013 | John Freeman, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The Economic Origins of Democracy Reconsidered (American Political Science Review 106 (1) February 2012, pp. 58-80) |
| 2013 | Honorable Mention Robert Woodberry, National University of Singapore The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy (American Political Science Review 106(2): 244-74) |
| 2012 | David Stasavage, New York University The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation (International Organization 64 (4)) |
| 2012 | Kenneth Scheve, Stanford University The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation (International Organization 64 (4)) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention Yotam Margalit, Columbia University Costly Jobs: Trade-related Layoffs, Government Compensation, and Voting in U.S. Elections (American Political Science Review 105 (1): 169-188) |
| 2011 | John Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin Madison “Building Strategic Capacity: The Political Underpinnings of Coordinated Wage Bargaining |
| 2010 | Moses Shayo, Hebrew University of Jerusalem “A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy: Nation, Class and Redistribution,” |
| 2009 | Marco Battaglini, Princeton University “A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation, and Debt,” American Political Science Review, vo. 98. no. 1 (2008) 201-36 |
| 2009 | Stephen Coate, Cornell University “A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation, and Debt'” American Political Science Review, vol. 09 no. 1 (2008): 201-36 |
| 2007 | Catherine Hafer, New York University On the Origins of Property Rights: Conflict and Production in the State of Nature |
| 2006 | Abhijit Banerjee, University of Delaware “History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India,” American Economic Review 95(4), September 2005 |
| 2006 | Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard University “History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India,” American Economic Review 95(4), September 2005 |