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The John von Neumann Award, named after John von Neumann

John von Neumann

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, geometry, fluid dynamics, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis,...

is given annually by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies (Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

), to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellectual activity of the students of the college. The award was established in 1994 and is given annually.

This award differentiates itself from other scientific awards on the basis that it is given by students, decided on whom they rated the highest. The students select the nominees and vote for the prize-winner in the Assembly of the College after a review and debate regarding the selected names.

Recipients

Award was given until now to the following scholars:

Year	Recipients
1995	John Harsanyi John Harsanyi John Charles Harsanyi was a Hungarian-Australian-American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner.... (UC Berkeley)
1996	Hal Varian Hal Varian Hal Ronald Varian is an economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics. He is the Chief Economist at Google and he holds the title of emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he was founding dean of the School of Information... (at the time University of Michigan)
1997	Janos Kornai János Kornai János Kornai , is an economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states.- Biography :... (Harvard University and Budapest College)
1998	Jean Tirole Jean Tirole Jean Marcel Tirole is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. Tirole is director of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Industrial... (University of Toulouse)
1999	Oliver Williamson (UC Berkeley)
2001	Avinash K. Dixit (Princeton University)
2002	Jon Elster Jon Elster Jon Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist who has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory... (Columbia University)
2003	Maurice Obstfeld Maurice Obstfeld Maurice Moses "Maury" Obstfeld is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.He is well known for his work in international economics. He is among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.... (UC Berkeley)
2004	Gary S. Becker (University of Chicago)
2005	Glenn C. Loury (Brown University)
2006	Matthew Rabin Matthew Rabin Matthew Joel Rabin is the Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley... (UC Berkeley)
2007	Daron Acemoglu Daron Acemoglu Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian origin. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc... (MIT)
2008	Kevin M. Murphy Kevin M. Murphy Kevin Miles Murphy is the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.... (University of Chicago)
2009	Philippe Aghion Philippe Aghion Philippe Aghion is a French economist. He is Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University, having previously been Professor at University College London, an Official Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology .His main... (Harvard University)
2010	Tim Besley Tim Besley Timothy John Besley, CBE served on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from September 2006 to August 2009 and is Kuwait professor of economics and political science at the London School of Economics, Director of the Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related... (London School of Economics)
2011	Joshua Angrist Joshua Angrist Joshua David Angrist is an American economist. He is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angrist, a labor economist, has taught at the university level since 1989... (MIT)

Recipients

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