Jan Whitwell Prize

The Jan Whitwell Prize is an award to honour the memory of Jan Whitwell (1944-1993), a former President of the New Zealand Association of Economists (1992-93), distinguished university lecturer and musician.  Jan Whitwell died in a road accident in October 1993.

The prize is awarded for the best presented paper.

Jan Whitwell obituary by Lewis Evans, New Zealand Economic Papers, 28(1), 1994, 89-93.

Conditions

1. Entry to the Jan Whitwell Prize is open to persons who are either engaged currently in full time study or have completed a thesis or full time study during the preceding eighteen months, and are able to attend and present their paper at the Conference.  Entries from overseas that meet these criteria will also be accepted.
2. Deadlines for Submission of Abstract and Full Paper as detailed on the conference website, must be complied with.
3. Participants must also comply with Conference Registration deadlines as detailed on the conference website.
4. Solo authored papers only are eligible for the award.  Please note on your abstract submission that you wish to enter the Jan Whitwell Prize.

Previous winners

2008

• Damien Eldridge
• Nina Walton

2007

• Leo Krippner

2006

• Philip Liu

• Linda Sanderson

2004

• Iris Claus

2003

• Kirdan Lees

2002

• Chitrani Agbenyegah Wijegunawardane
• Christophe Schumacher
• Pipat Wongsaart

2000

• Wai Kin Choy