Finkelstein receives john bates Clark Medal.

• Position: NBER News - National Bureau of Economic Research - Brief article

NBER Research Associate Amy Finkelstein received the American Economics Association's John Bates Clark Medal for 2012. This annual award recognizes the American economist under the age of 40 who has made the most substantial contribution to economic thought and knowledge. This year's prize highlights Finkelstein's research contributions on insurance markets, particularly her work on asymmetric information in the markets for health insurance, annuities, and long-term care insurance. It calls attention to her analysis of the welfare implications of insurance market imperfections, and to her investigations of how public policies affect insurance market outcomes.

Finkelstein is a Professor of Economics at MIT and one of the co-directors of the NBER's Public Economics Program.She is also a member of the Aging, Health Care, and Industrial Organization Programs. She received her B.A. in government from Harvard University in 1995, an M. Phil. in Economics from Oxford...