NABE Hall of Fame
NABE has a number of awards that honor distinguished achievement in the field of Business Economics
The Adam Smith Award
The NABE President selects the Adam Smith Award recipient based upon
leadership in the profession and the use of ideas and knowledge in the
workplace and policy arena. The recipient delivers a lecture at NABE’s
annual meeting. The lecture is printed in a subsequent issue of Business
Economics. The 2005 recipient is Dale Jorgenson.
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NABE Fellows
Every year the NABE Board of Directors will annually designate a five-member nominating committee. This committee will submit in the Spring the names of Fellow nominees to the Board of Directors. Those individuals receiving the votes of two-thirds of the Board members present in person at a regular meeting, or by other means of communication, will be designated as the current year's new Fellows.
The criteria for selecting NABE Fellows: 1) Performance of outstanding
service as a professional business economist; 2) Other activities (articles,
presentations before professional groups, etc.) making a professional
contribution to the field of business economics; 3) Contribution to NABE
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The Adolph G. Abramson Awards
Each year since 1986, The Editorial Board of Business Economics reviews
the feature articles published in Business Economics in the four issues
ending in July of that year and votes to select those considered exceptional.
Upon their recommendation, the Board of Directors of NABE presents to
the authors the Abramson Award for the best article and Abramson scrolls
for outstanding articles. These awards commemorate Adolph Abramson, the
founder and first President of NABE.
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The David L Williams Lifetime Achievement Award
In 1993 the Board of Directors of NABE established the David L. Williams
Award for Exceptional service to the National Association for Business
Economics in honor of retiring Executive Secretary-Treasurer David L.
Williams. The award is to be made from time to time, upon recommendation
by the Executive Committee with the majority approval of the Board of
Directors, and only to the most deserving contributors to the building
and development of the Association.
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The Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Awards
The Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award was instituted in 1999 in
honor of retiring Business Economics Editor Ed Mennis. The award
consists of a cash prize and free attendance at the NABE Annual Meeting,
where the paper is presented. The paper is later published in Business
Economics.
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The Shiskin Award
The annual Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics was established in 1979 by the Washington Statistical Society and is now co-sponsored by the National Association for Business Economics. It is given in recognition of unusually original and important contributions in the development of economic statistics or in the use of economic statistics in interpreting the economy. More information on the award and for a complete list of recipients,
NABE Outlook Award
Beginning with the 2000 Annual Meeting, an award is given to the most accurate forecaster on the NABE Outlook Panel. More.
The Herbert Stein Public Service Award
In 2005, the Herbert Stein Public Service Award was presented to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who is also a past president of NABE.
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