Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation


The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation is a charitable foundation whose aims are to promote Finnish research in economics and medicine and to maintain and support educational and research facilities in Finland. It was established in 1954 by the wife of Yrjö Jahnsson, Hilma Jahnsson. It supports the award of the Yrjö Jahnsson Award and Yrjö Jahnsson Lecture series. These lectures have been delivered by noteworthy economists since 1963. 10 of the Yrjö Jahnsson Lecture series scholars have gone on to win the Nobel prize in economics, making it a top predictor for future recipients.

The Yrjö Jahnsson Lecture series

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The Yrjö Jahnsson Award is a award given by the Finnish Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation and the European Economic Association to European economists under the age of 45 "who have made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to the study of economics in Europe." The selection committee, chaired by the president of the EEA, consists of five members, four nominated by the European Economic Association and one by the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation. The selection committee consults all EEA fellows individually and uses their responses together with their own judgment to form a short list.

Recipients

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YearMedalistsInstitution Alma mater NationalityNobel Prize
1993Jean-Jacques LaffontToulouse School of EconomicsHarvard UniversityFrance
1993Jean TiroleToulouse School of EconomicsMITFrance2014
1995Richard BlundellUniversity College LondonLondon School of EconomicsUK
1997Torsten PerssonUniversity of StockholmUniversity of StockholmSweden
1999Nobuhiro KiyotakiLondon School of EconomicsHarvard UniversityJapanese
1999John MooreLondon School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsUK
2001Philippe AghionUniversity College LondonHarvard UniversityFrance
2001Guido TabelliniBocconi UniversityUCLAItaly
2003Mathias DewatripontUniversité libre de BruxellesHarvard UniversityBelgium
2005Tim BesleyLondon School of EconomicsOxford UniversityUK
2005Jordi GalíUniversitat Pompeu FabraMITSpain
2007Gilles Saint-PaulParis School of EconomicsMITFrance
2009John van ReenenLondon School of EconomicsUniversity College LondonUK
2009Fabrizio ZilibottiUniversity of ZurichLondon School of EconomicsItaly
2011Armin FalkUniversity of BonnUniversity of ZurichGermany
2013Hélène ReyLondon Business SchoolLondon School of EconomicsFrance
2013Thomas PikettyParis School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsFrance
2015Botond KőszegiCentral European UniversityMITHungary
2017Ran SpieglerTel-Aviv UniversityTel-Aviv UniversityIsrael
2017Michèle TertiltUniversity of MannheimUniversity of MinnesotaGermany
2019Oriana BandieraLondon School of EconomicsBoston CollegeItaly
2019Imran RasulUniversity College LondonLondon School of EconomicsUK