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Recipients of the Vernon Memorial Prize

2007 Vernon Prize:
Mark G. Duggan and Melissa Schettini Kearney. “The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 26, No. 4: 861 – 885. 2007.

Prize Committee: Carolyn Heinrich, Leonard Lopoo, Steven Raphael, Kathleen Ziol-Guest

2006 Vernon Prize:
Ioan Voicu and Ingrid Gould Ellen. “Nonprofit Housing and Neighborhood Spillovers,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 25, No. 1: 31 – 52. 2006.

Prize Committee: Robert Plotnick, Carolyn Heinrich, Leanna Stiefel

2005 Vernon Prize:
William Spelman. “Jobs or Jails? The Crime Drop in Texas,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 24, No. 1: 133 – 165. 2005.

Prize Committee: Lawrence Mead, William Gormley, Robert Plotnick

2004 Vernon Prize:
Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, Jacob L. Vigdor, and Roger Aliaga Diaz. “Do School Accountability Systems Make it More Difficult for Low-Performing Schools to Attract and Retain High-Quality Teachers?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 23, No. 2: 251 – 271. 2004.

Prize Committee: Jens Ludwig, Peter May, Richard Murnane

2003 Vernon Prize:
Howard Bloom, Carolyn Hill, and James Riccio. “Linking Program Implementation and Effectiveness: Lessons from a Pooled Sample of Welfare-to-Work Experiments,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 22, No. 4: 551 – 575. 2003.

Prize Committee: Helen F. Ladd, Winston Harrington, Timothy Smeeding

2002 Vernon Prize:
Jennifer Hill, Jane Waldfogel, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. “Assessing the Differential Effects of High Quality Child Care: A New Approach for Exploiting Post-Treatment Variables,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 21, No. 4: 601 – 627. 2002.

Prize Committee: Arleen Leibowitz, Howard Margolis, David Weimer

2001 Vernon Prize:
Michael J. G. van Eeten. “Recasting Intractable Policy Issues: The Wider Implications of the Netherlands Civil Aviation Controversy,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 20, No. 3: 391 – 414. 2001.

Prize Committee: Lee S. Friedman, Donald F. Kettl, Katherine O-Regan

2000 Vernon Prize:
Winston Harrington, Richard D. Morgenstern, Peter Nelson. “On the Accuracy of Regulatory Cost Estimates,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 19, No. 2: 297 – 322. 2000.

Prize Committee: John Mendeloff, Gary Burtless, Jack Nagel

1999 Vernon Prize:
Nancy Shulock. “The Paradox of Policy Analysis: If it is Not Used, Why do We Produce So Much of it?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 18, No. 2: 226 – 244. 1999.

Prize Committee: Mary Bryna Sanger, John Hird, Eric A. Hanushek

1998 Vernon Prize:
Marcia K. Meyers, Bonnie Glaser, and Karin Mac Donald. “On the Front Lines of Welfare Delivery: Are Workers Implementing Policy Reforms?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 17, No. 1: 1 – 22. 1998.

Prize Committee: Peter Reuter, William Gorham, Peter May

1997 Vernon Prize:
Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig. “Weighing the Burden of ‘Acting White’: Are There Race Differences in Attitudes Toward Education?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 16, No. 2: 256 – 278. 1997.

Prize Committee: Raymond Vernon, Irwin Feller, Laurence E. Lynn Jr.

1996 Vernon Prize:
Bruno S. Frey and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. “Fair Sitting Procedures: An Empirical Analysis of Their Importance and Characteristics,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 15, No. 3: 353 – 376. 1996.

Prize Committee: Philip J. Cook, John Brandl, David Weimer

1995 Vernon Prize:
James T Hamilton. “Testing for Environmental Racism: Prejudice, Profits, Political Power?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 14, No. 1: 107 – 132. 1995.

Prize Committee: Irwin Feller, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Janet A. Weiss

1994 Vernon Prize:
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. “Public Management Research: The Triumph of Art Over Science,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 13, No. 2: 231 – 259. 1994.

Prize Committee: John M. Mendeloff, Eric A. Hanushek, Donald F. Kettl

1993 Vernon Prize:
Robert S. Chirinko and Edward P. Harper, Jr. “Buckle Up or Slow Down? New Estimates of Offsetting Behavior and Their Implications for Automobile Safety Regulation,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 12, No. 2:270 – 296. 1993.

Prize Committee: Susan Rose-Ackerman, Donna R. Leff, Samuel L. Myers, Jr.

1992 Vernon Prize:
Sung Deuk Hahm, Mark S. Kamlet, David C. Mowery, and Tsai-Tsu Su. “The Influence of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act on Federal Budgetary Outcomes, 1986 – 1989,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 11, No. 2: 207 – 234. 1992.

Prize Committee: Otto A. Davis, Phillip J. Cook, John Mendeloff

1991 Vernon Prize:
Frederick W. Mayer. “Domestic Politics and the Strategy of International Trade,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 10, No. 2: 222 -246. 1991.

Prize Committee: Edward M. Gramlich, Mary Bryna Sanger, Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

1990 Vernon Prize:
William N. Trumbull. “Who has Standing in Cost-Benefit Analysis?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 9, No. 2: 201 – 218. 1990.

Prize Committee: Lucian Pugliaresi, John Brandl, William Gorham

1989 Vernon Prize:
Richard V. Burkhauser and T. Aldrich Finegan. “The Minimum Wage and the Poor: The End of a Relationship,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 8, No. 1: 53 – 71. 1989.

Prize Committee: Susan Rose-Ackerman, Martin A. Levin, John Mendeloff

1988 Vernon Prize:
Dani Rodrick and Richard Zeckhauser. “The Dilemma of Government Responsiveness,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 7, No. 4: 601 – 620. 1988.

Prize Committee: Sidney Weintraub, Otto A. Davis, Thomas C. Schelling

1987 Vernon Prize:
Edward M. Gramlich. “Cooperation and Competition in Public Welfare Policies,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 6, No. 3: 417 – 431. 1987.

1986 Vernon Prize:
Dale Whittington and Duncan MacRae, Jr. “The Issue of Standing in Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 5, No. 4: 665 – 682. 1986.

1985 Vernon Prize:
Robert D. Behn. “Cutback Budgeting,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 4, No. 2: 155 – 177. 1985.


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