The works by NES professors Andrei Markevich and Evgeny Yakovlev are among the four finalists - winners of the National Award in Applied Economics 2020. The jury found noteworthy the article by Andrei Markevich and member of the NES International Advisory Board and Professor of the Paris School of Economics Ekaterina Zhuravskaya "Economic Effects of the Abolition of Serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire", published in American Economic Review, and Evgeny Yakovlev's research "Demand for Alcohol Consumption in Russia and Its Implication for Mortality", published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
The main award was bestowed on Marco Francesconi (University of Essex, UK), Fabián Slonimczyk and Anna Yurko (HSE University, Moscow) for their article "Democratizing Access to Higher Education in Russia: The Consequences of the Unified State Exam Reform" published in European Economic Review.
Andrei Markevich and Evgeny Yakovlev won the main prize in 2012 and in 2016, respectively.
The Russian National Award in Applied Economics is given once every two years for outstanding published papers on the Russian economy at the country, industry, regional, or company level. The main purpose of the award is to identify works of high importance to the development of academic research and economics education in Russia, as well as to the increased efficiency of the Russian economy and economic policy.
The Award was established in 2009 by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, New Economic School, Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and Expert business magazine.
In its sixth award cycle (2019–2020), the jury considered over 25 works nominated by prominent Russian and foreign economists who are members of the Award Academic Committee. The nominated works dealt with a wide range of problems and areas of economic science and were published in leading economic journals. The jury vote was the final stage of a multi-level examination of the nominated works by distinguished scientists from Russia, Europe, and North America.
The award ceremony and honorary report by the winners will be held online on May 13 at 4 pm (MSK) as part of the XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.