Lecture
Tuesday October 27, 2026 at 4:30pm.
Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
ABOUT THE PRIZE
In 1994, bequests to Northwestern University from the late Erwin Esser Nemmers, a former member of the Northwestern University faculty, and his brother, the late Frederic E. Nemmers, led to the establishment of four endowed professorships in the Kellogg School of Management, and biennial prizes in economics, mathematics, music composition, medical science and earth sciences. The Nemmers family ran a church music publishing house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The prize in economics is named in honor of the Nemmers' father.
The Nemmers hoped that their prizes would carry with them the prestige of Nobel prizes. They are designed to recognize work of lasting significance particularly "major contributions to new knowledge or the development of significant new modes of analysis." The Nemmers prize is awarded every two years.
2026 Winner & Events
The 2026 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics winner is Whitney Newey
Whitney Newey is the Ford Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a leading figure in econometric theory for more than four decades, shaping both research and training in the field. He has done pathbreaking work on variance estimation, nonparametric simultaneous equations, consumer surplus estimation with general heterogeneity, and debiased machine learning.
Conference
Friday May 7 and Saturday May 8, 2027.
Short Course
"Debiased Machine Learning"
Mondays and Wednesdays
November 2, 4, 9 and 11
12:00 Noon-1:20pm
Kellogg Global Hub, Room 3301
More on Whitney Newey
Read the official announcement.Visit Professor Newey’s website.
Previous Nemmers Prize Winners
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Nobel Laureate 2023 |
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Nobel Laureate 2014 |
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Nobel Laureate 2024 |
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Nobel Laureate 2020 |
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Lars Peter Hansen Nobel Laureate 2013 |
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Nobel Laureate 2004 |
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Daniel McFadden Nobel Laureate 2000 |
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Nobel Laureate 2005 |
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Nobel Laureate 2010 |
Michael Woodford
Ariel Pakes
Claudia Goldin
David Kreps
Sir Richard Blundell
Jean Tirole
Daron Acemoglu
Elhanan Helpman
Paul Milgrom
Ariel Rubinstein
Edward C. Prescott
Robert Aumann
Thomas Sargent
Peter Diamond