2025 Prize Winners
EHA PRIZEs
EHA recognizes excellence in research, publication, and teaching of economic history
PRIZES AWARDED AT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING
The Economic History Association announced the 2025 prize winners at the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Alexander Gerschenkron Prize: For the best dissertation in economic history dealing with an area outside the United States or Canada
Winner: Qiyi Zhao, Current and PhD Affiliation: Stanford University – Technology and Institutional Change in Sixteenth-Century Europe
Allan Nevins Prize: For the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history
Winner: Allison Green, Current Affiliation: London School of Economics, PhD Affiliation: Princeton University – The Good Place: How Networks, Preferences, and Public Policy Determine the Value of Where We Live
Anne Bezanson Prize: for Extraordinary Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Economic History
Winner: Clauda Goldin, Harvard University
Arthur H. Cole Prize: For the best article published in the Journal of Economic History since September of the previous year
Winner: Shari Eli (University of Toronto), Joshua Hausman (University of Michigan), Paul W. Rhode (University of Michigan) for the article: The Model T, Vol. 85, Issue 1, March 2025.
Distinguished Referee Award: For the Journal of Economic History
Winner: Tuan-Hwee Sng, National University of Singapore
Distinguished Service to the Editorial Board: For the Journal of Economic History
Winner: Laura Panza, The University of Melbourne
Larry Neal Prize: For the best article published in Explorations in Economic History in the previous year
Winners: Gary Cox (Stanford University), Valentin Figueroa (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) for the article: Agglomeration and creativity in early modern Britain, Vol. 95, January 2025.
Distinguished Referee Award: For Explorations in Economic History
Winners: Martin Fiszbien (Boston University) and Tuan-Hwee Sng (National University of Singapore)
Lindert-Williamson Prize: for an Outstanding Book in Global, African, Asian, Australian, and/or South American Economic History
Winner: Maanik Nath (Utrecht University) for the book: Capital Shortage: Credit and Indian Economic Development, 1920-1960 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Winner: Marvin Suesse (Trinity College Dublin) for the book: The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776-Present (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Gyorgy Ranki Prize: for an Outstanding Book on the Economic History of Europe
Winner: Guido Alfani (University of Bocconi) for the book: As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West, (Princeton University Press, 2025).
Jonathan Hughes Teaching Prize: For excellence in teaching economic history
Winner: Lee J. Alston, Indiana University
Galman-Parker Prize: for creating, compiling, and sharing data and information with scholars over the course of a career.
Winner: Roy Bailey (University of Essex) for his work producing a publicly accessible digitized version of the New Survey of London Life and Labour (NSLLL).