IPES Awards

Annually, IPES recognizes outstanding contributions through the presentation of the David A. Lake Award, honoring the best paper presented at the prior year's IPES conference.

In addition, once every three years, IPES distinguishes excellence with awards in three categories: Best Book, Best New Dataset, and Career Achievement.

The selection of award recipients is determined through a nomination and review process that takes place following each conference.

David A. Lake Award for Best Paper presented at IPES

  • 2022

    Theo Serlin (Stanford University)

    The Export Boom and the Backlash: Reactions to Positive Economic Change in First World War America

  • 2021

    Nina Obermeier (Cornell University)

    Right-Wing Populism and the Rise of Internationalism in Europe

  • 2020

    Calvin Thrall (University of Texas at Austin)

    Spillover Effects in International Law: The Case of Tax Planning and Investor-State Dispute Settlement

  • 2019 - 2 papers

    Allison Carnegie (Columbia University)
    Kimberly Howe (Tufts University)
    Adam Lichtenheld (Yale University)
    Dipali Mukhopadhyay (Columbia University)

    Winning Hearts and Minds for Rebel Rulers: Foreign Aid and Military Contestation in Syria​​

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    Frederick R. Chen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    Jian Xu (Emory University)

    MNC Lawsuit Outcomes in Authoritarian Courts: Evidence from New Litigation Data

  • 2018 - 2 papers

    Leonardo Baccini
    Stephen Weymouth

    Gone for Good: The Electoral Implications of Plant Closures and Mass Layoffs

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    Nicole Baerg
    Dominik Duell
    Will Lowe

    Central Bank Communication as Public Opinion: Experimental Evidence

  • 2017

    Cameron Ballard-Rosa (University of North Carolina)
    Mashail Malik (Stanford University)
    Stephanie Rickard (London School of Economics)
    Kenneth Scheve (Stanford University)

    The Economic Origins of Authoritarian Values: Evidence from Local Trade Shocks in the United Kingdom

  • 2016

    Eric Arias (New York University)

    Patronage by Credit: International Sources of Patronage Spending in Developing Countries

  • 2015

    Sung Eun Kim (Columbia University)

    Media Bias against Foreign Firms as a Veiled Trade Barrier: Evidence from Chinese Newspapers

  • 2014

    Nikhar Gaikwad (Yale University)

    East India Companies and Long-Term Economic Change in India

  • 2013

    In Song Kim (Princeton University)

    Political Cleavages within Industry: Firm level Lobbying for Trade Liberalization

  • 2012

    J. Lawrence Broz (University of California, San Diego)

    The Federal Reserve as Global Lender of Last Resort, 2007-2011

  • 2011

    Dimitar Gueorguiev (University of California, San Diego)
    Edmund Malesky (University of California, San Diego)
    Nathan Jensen (Washington University in St. Louis)

    Rents Asunder: Sectoral Rent Extraction Possibilities and Bribery by Multi-National Corporations

  • 2010

    Stefanie Walter (University of Heidelberg)

    Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Individual Perceptions of Labor Market Risk and Policy Preferences

Best Book - Triennial Award

  • 2021

    Jonas Bunte (University of Texas at Dallas)

    Raise the Debt: How Developing Countries Choose Their Creditors

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    Stephanie Rickard (London School of Economics)

    Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government Subsidies

  • 2018

    Rachel Wellhausen (University of Texas at Austin)

    The Shield of Nationality: When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms

  • 2015

    Sonal Pandya (University of Virginia)

    Trading Spaces: Foreign Direct Investment Regulation, 1970–2000

Best New Dataset - Triennial Award

Career Achievement Award - Triennial Award

  • 2022

    Jeffry Frieden

  • 2019

    Helen V. Milner

  • 2016

    David A. Lake