DEUTSCHE BANK PRIZE FOR FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

The Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics honors renowned researchers who have made influential contributions to the fields of finance and money and macroeconomics, and whose work has led to practical and policy-relevant results. It is awarded biannually, since 2005, by the Center for Financial Studies (CFS), in partnership with Goethe University Frankfurt. The award carries an endowment of €50,000, which is donated by the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.

2005 Awardee

Eugene F. Fama, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, was the first winner of the prize.  He was awarded for his fundamental contributions to financial economics, in particular, for developing and investigating the concept of market efficiency, which is now a cornerstone in the field of finance.

2007 Awardee

Michael Woodford, Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University in New York, was awarded with the DB Prize 2007 for his fundamental contributions to the theory and practical analysis of monetary policy.

2009 Awardee

 Robert J. Shiller, Professor of Economics at Yale University, and Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management, was awarded the 2009 prize for his contributions to the field of financial economics.

2011 Awardee

Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, was awarded the 2011 prize for his pioneering contributions to the field of international finance and macroeconomics.

 

2013 Awardee

Raghuram G. Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, RBI Governor and Chief Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry of the Government of India, received the DB Prize 2013.