John Bates Clark Medal Honors Economist Stefanie Stantcheva
The John Bates Clark Medal is a prestigious award presented by the American Economic Association to recognize exceptional economists under the age of 40, and in 2025, it has been awarded to Harvard’s Stefanie Stantcheva.This honor reflects Stantcheva’s pioneering contributions to the fields of economic innovation and tax policy research, which have fundamentally changed the way economists understand public finance.