The American Political Science Association

Political Economy

The Political Economy Section awards three annual prizes:

William H. Riker Award
given for the best book on political economy. One copy of each book should be sent to each committee member.

Mancur Olson Award
given for the best dissertation completed and accepted in the previous two years. One copy of each dissertation should be sent to each committee member.

Michael Wallerstein Award
given for the best published article in Political Economy in the previous calendar year.

Best Paper Award
given for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Award Committees, 2007-08:

William H. Riker Award for Best Book:

Mancur Olson Award for Best Dissertation
:

Michael Wallerstein Award for Best Published Article:

Best Paper in Political Economy presented at the APSA meeting.

The William H. Riker Award for the best book on political economy.

2006 Elinor Ostrom
Indiana University, Bloomington Understanding Institutional Diversity (Princeton University Press, 2005)

2005 Fiona McGillivray
New York University Privileging Industry: The Comparative Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy (Princeton University Press, 2004)

2004 Carles Boix
University of Chicago Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

2003 Michael J. Hiscox
Harvard University International Trade and Political Conflict: Commerce, Coalitions and Mobility (Princeton University Press, 2001)

John D. Huber
Columbia University
Charles R. Shipan
University of Iowa Deliberate Discretion?: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 2002)

2002 Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman Special Interest Politics (MIT Press, 2001)

2001 Charles M. Cameron
Columbia University Veto Barganing: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

2000 Robert Powell
University of California, Berkeley In the Shadow of Power (Princeton University Press, 1999)

1999 Carles Boix
Ohio State University Political Parties, Growth, and Equality: Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy (Cambridge University Press, 1998)

1998 Gary W. Cox
University of California, San Diego Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems (Cambridge University Press, 1997)

1997 Kenneth Shepsle
Harvard University
Michael Laver
Trinity College, Dublin
Making and Breaking Governments (Cambridge University Press, 1996)

1996 Donald Wittman
University of California, Santa Cruz The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient (University of Chicago Press, 1996)

1995 Beth A. Simmons
Duke University Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years (Princeton University Press, 1993)

1994 Sven Steinmo
University of Colorado Taxation and Democracy (Yale University Press, 1993)

1993 Dennis Chong
Northwestern University Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement (Chicago University Press, 1991)

1992 Alice H. Amsden
New School for Social Research Asia's Next Giant: South Koreaand Late Industrialization (Oxford University Press, 1992)

Robert Wade
University of Sussex Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization (Princeton University Press, 1990)

1991 Ronald Rogowski
University of California, Los Angeles Commerce and Coalitions: How trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments (Princeton University Press, 1990)

The Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation on political economy.

2006	Guillermo Trejo Duke University	"Indigenous Insurgency: Protest, Rebellion, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in 20th Century Mexico"
2005	Christopher Adolph Harvard University	"The Dilemma of Disretion: Career Ambitions and the Politics of Central Banking"
2004	Scott G. Gehlbach University of California, Berkeley	"Taxability and State Support of Economic Activity"
2003	Alex Segura-Ubiergo Columbia University	"Globalization, Domestic Politics and the Welfare State in the Developing World: Latin America in Comparative Perspective, 1973-1997"
2002	Rod Alence, Stanford University	"World Markets and the Politics of African Open Economies: Domestic Policy Responses to External Volatility in Ghana"
2001	Catherine Hafer University of Rochester	"The Political Economy of Emerging Property Rights"
1999	Andrew Martin Washington University	"Strategic Decision Making and the Separation of Powers"
1998	Alberto Diaz-Cayeros Duke University	"Political Responses to Regional Inequality: Taxation and Distribution in Mexico"
1997	William Bernhard Duke University	"Legislatures, Governments, and Bureaucratic Structure: Explaining Central Bank Independence"
1996	Clark Gibson Indiana University	"Politicians, Peasants, and Poachers: The Political Economy of Wildlife Policy in Zambia, 1964-1991"
1995	Dean Lacy Duke University	"Nonseparable Preference in Politics: Implications for Social Choice, Elections, and Public Opinion"
1994	Charles R. Shipan Stanford University	"Judicial Review as a Political Variable: Interest Groups, Congress, and Communications Policy"
1993	Arun Agrawal Duke University	"Risks, Resources, and Politics: Studies of Institution and Resource Use from Village India"

Best Paper Award for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

2006	Sarah Brooks and Marcus Kurtz Ohio State University	"The Politics of Time Horizons: Strategic Dynamics of Capital Account and Trade Liberalization in Contemporary Latin America"
2005	William T. Bernhard University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign David Leblang University of Colorado, Boulder	"When Markets Party: Stocks, Bonds and Cabinet Formations"
2004	Torben Iversen Harvard University Frances Rosenbluth Yale University	"The Political Economy of Gender: Explaining Cross-National Variation in Household Bargaining, Divorce, and the Gender Voting Gap"

Michael Wallerstein Award for Best Article

2006

Abhijit Banerjee
MIT
Lakshmi Iyer
Harvard University

"History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India," American Economic Review 95(4)

2006	Elinor Ostrom Indiana University, Bloomington	Understanding Institutional Diversity (Princeton University Press, 2005)
2005	Fiona McGillivray New York University	Privileging Industry: The Comparative Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy (Princeton University Press, 2004)
2004	Carles Boix University of Chicago	Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
2003	Michael J. Hiscox Harvard University	International Trade and Political Conflict: Commerce, Coalitions and Mobility (Princeton University Press, 2001)
	John D. Huber Columbia University Charles R. Shipan University of Iowa	Deliberate Discretion?: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
2002	Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman	Special Interest Politics (MIT Press, 2001)
2001	Charles M. Cameron Columbia University	Veto Barganing: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
2000	Robert Powell University of California, Berkeley	In the Shadow of Power (Princeton University Press, 1999)
1999	Carles Boix Ohio State University	Political Parties, Growth, and Equality: Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
1998	Gary W. Cox University of California, San Diego	Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
1997	Kenneth Shepsle Harvard University Michael Laver Trinity College, Dublin	Making and Breaking Governments (Cambridge University Press, 1996)
1996	Donald Wittman University of California, Santa Cruz	The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient (University of Chicago Press, 1996)
1995	Beth A. Simmons Duke University	Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years (Princeton University Press, 1993)
1994	Sven Steinmo University of Colorado	Taxation and Democracy (Yale University Press, 1993)
1993	Dennis Chong Northwestern University	Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement (Chicago University Press, 1991)
1992	Alice H. Amsden New School for Social Research	Asia's Next Giant: South Koreaand Late Industrialization (Oxford University Press, 1992)
	Robert Wade University of Sussex	Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization (Princeton University Press, 1990)
1991	Ronald Rogowski University of California, Los Angeles	Commerce and Coalitions: How trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments (Princeton University Press, 1990)