The Young Economist Prize is open to PhD students of all nationalities currently enrolled on a programme in economics or finance (or a related field). PhD Students were asked to submit a research paper on the theme of this year's Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance's Conference: Challenges facing Central Banks in the 2020s’.

The Selection Committee comprised: Silvana Tenreryo (Bank of England & London School of Economics), Dimitri Vayanos (London School of Economics) and Martin Weale (King’s College London).

Eight finalists were shortlisted for the award and were given the opportunity to present their research paper at the 2021 Conference as a pre-recorded presentation. The winners were announced by Professor Martin Weale during the Prize Giving Event on day two of the Conference. The 2021 competition attracted many high-quality submissions that impressed the selection panel. The winning paper received a £5000 cash prize, and the two runner-up papers were awarded a prize of £1000 each.

Young Economist Prize 2021 Winners

Alessandro Lin (Winner), Brown University:  Monetary Policy and Payment-to-Income Limits in Liquidity Traps

Shohini Kundu (Runner-up), University Of Chicago: The Externalities of Fire Sales Evidence from Collateralized Loan Obligations

Rustam Jamilov (Runner-up), London Business School: A Macroeconomic Model with Heterogeneous Banks

Finalists

Oliver Pfäuti, University Of Mannheim: Inflation - who cares? Monetary Policy in Times of Low Attention

Diego R. Känzig, London Business School: The economic consequences of putting a price on carbon

Christoph Lauper, University of Lausanne: Monetary policy shocks and inflation inequality

Jian Li, University Of Chicago: The Importance of Investor Heterogeneity: An Examination of the Corporate Bond Market

Ezgi Kurt, University Of California, Davis: The Role of Corporate Tax Policy on Monetary Effectiveness: A Quasi-Experimental Approach

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