On May 3rd 2018, Martin Huber (University of Fribourg), Lukáš Lafférs (Matej Bel University), and Giovanni Mellace (University of Southern Denmark) received the “Economicus 2017” best paper award for their joint paper “Sharp IV Bounds on Average Treatment Effects on the Treated and other Populations under Endogeneity and Noncompliance” (published in the Journal of Applied Econometrics). The prize is anually awarded by the Slovakian foundation “Nadácia VÚB” for papers written by Slovakian economists (and their co-authors) below 40. Further information (in Slovakian) is available at: https://www.nadaciavub.sk/novinky/mladi-ekonomovia-ziskali-ocenenie-economicus.html,
Chair of applied Econometrics – Evalutation of Public Policies