Carlo Alberto Medal

The Collegio has instituted the annual Carlo Alberto Medal to be awarded to a young Italian economist (resident in Italy or abroad) under the age of 40 for his/her outstanding research contributions to the field of economics (broadly defined).

The recipient delivers the Carlo Alberto Lecture and is nominated Honorary Fellow of the Collegio.

Winners
2010 Fabio Maccheroni (Professor of Mathematical Economics, Bocconi Univ.)
2009 Marco Battaglini (Professor of Economics, Princeton University)
2008 Enrico Moretti (Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley)
2007 Nicola Persico (Professor of Economics, New York University)

Objective
The prize represents the public recognition given to a young scholar for the scientific results attained. For young scholars at Italian universities, it provides a further incentive to pursue their research activity with renewed commitment. For Italian scholars who work at universities and research institutions abroad, the prize is a public recognition on the part of the country of origin.

Award Procedure
The prize is to be awarded to one person only. The award procedure consists of two phases:
Nomination
Economists of all nationalities are invited to submit their nominations through the Collegio’s web site.
Selection
The Selection Committee selects the recipient of the prize from among the candidates nominated.

From 2010 to 2012, the members of the selection committee are:

Orazio Attanasio (University College London)
Maristella Botticini (Bocconi University)
Luigi Guiso (Università di Roma-Tor Vergata and EUI-Firenze)
Christopher Pissarides (London School of Economics)
Thomas J. Sargent (New York University)
Guido Tabellini (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich)

Paolo Ghirardato, Deputy Director for Research, coordinates the nomination process and the selection procedure.