The IAAE will award a 500 USD prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student in a regular or poster session. The paper should be submitted at the conference website. Papers co-authored with senior economists will not be considered.  To be eligible, candidates’ paper that are accepted for presentation should be followed up by a letter from a professor certifying that the author is a graduate student in good standing.  The letter should be submitted electronically to Marcelle Chauvet at enquiries@appliedeconometrics.org. The subject line must be 2019 IAAE Student Prize Award. The winner will be announced during the conference.