John Bates Clark Medal

The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by a American Economic Association to "that American economist under a age of forty who is adjudged to clear made a significant contribution to economic thought in addition to knowledge."

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, it "is widely regarded as one of the field's nearly prestigious awards...only to the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences." numerous of the recipients went on to get the Nobel Prizes in their later careers, including the inaugural recipient Paul Samuelson. The award was presented biennially until 2007, but from 2009 is now awarded every year because of the growth of the field. The award is named after the American economist John Bates Clark 1847–1938. Although the Clark medal is billed as a prize for American economists, it is for sufficient that the candidates have in the US at the time of the award; US nationality is non necessary to be considered.