PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: 13 September 2016
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NABE PRESENTS 2016 ABRAMSON AND MENNIS AWARDS;
EMSBO-MATTINGLY AND GREENWOOD NAMED NABE FELLOWS
ATLANTA, GA--The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) has presented the 2016 Abramson Award to Douglas W. Elmendorf of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the 2016 Abramson Scrolls to Angel Ubide of Goldman Sachs; and to Thomas Laubach of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and John C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Established in 1986, the Abramson Awards and Scrolls confer special recognition on exceptional feature articles published in NABE’s quarterly professional journal, Business Economics. This year’s winning articles were selected by the Business Economics Editorial Board from those published between October 2015 and July 2016. The awards are given in honor of Adolph Abramson, the founder and first president of NABE, and are presented by the NABE Board of Directors.
The 2016 Adolph G. Abramson Award
“Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth,” Douglas W. Elmendorf, John F. Kennedy School of Government, published in the October 2015 issue of Business Economics.
2016 Abramson Scrolls
“The Case for an Active Fiscal Policy in the Developed World,” Angel Ubide, Goldman Sachs, published in the July 2016 issue of Business Economics.
“Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest Redux,” Thomas Laubach, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and John C. Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, published in the April 2016 issue of Business Economics.
Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award
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.
“The Evolving Contours of Productivity Performance and Automation Investment in US Manufacturing,” Cliff Waldman, MAPI.
NABE Contributed Paper Award
This award is given to the runner-up paper in the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award competition. The award includes free attendance at the NABE Annual Meeting, where the paper is presented, and publication of the paper in Business Economics. This year, two papers were tied for second place:
“A New Framework to Estimate the Near-Term Path of the Fed Funds Rate,” Sam Bullard, CBE; Azhar Iqbal; and John Silvia, CBE, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
“Is Predicting Recessions Enough?” Azhar Iqbal and John Silvia, CBE, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
NABE Fellows Named
The NABE Board of Directors has selected two NABE Fellows for 2016: Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, NABE’s 2015-2016 president and director of research in the Global Asset Allocation Division at Fidelity Investments; and Mary Ann Greenwood, president of Greenwood Gearhart, Inc.
NABE Fellows are selected on an annual basis by NABE’s Board of Directors. Selection criteria include service as a professional business economist, contributions to the field of business economics, and outstanding contributions to NABE.
ABOUT NABE: NABE is the premier professional association for business economists and those who use economics in the workplace. Since 1959, NABE has attracted the most prominent figures in economics, business, and academia to its membership with highly-regarded conferences, educational and career development offerings, industry surveys, and its unrivaled networking opportunities. The NABE membership is organized into subject-oriented roundtables, including: Corporate Planning, Energy, Financial, Health Economics, International, Manufacturing/Industry, Real Estate/Construction, Regional/Utility, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Technology, Transfer Pricing, and Transportation. Past presidents of NABE include former Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System, Alan Greenspan, several former Federal Reserve governors, and other senior business leaders. For more information, please visit www.nabe.com.
ABOUT THE CBE: The Certified Business Economist™ (CBE) is the certification in business economics and data analytics developed by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). It documents a professional’s accomplishments, experience, and abilities, and demonstrates mastery of the body of knowledge critical for a successful career in the field of economics and data analytics. For more information, please visit: http://www.nabe.com/NABE/CBE.
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