China Economic Quarterly 2011-2012（Volume 11）

Dr. Werner Jackstädt Best Paper Award for Chinese Economic and Business Studies

The China Economic Quarterly 2011-2012（Volume 11）Dr. Werner Jackstädt Best Paper Award for Chinese Economic and Business Studies goes to Preference Submission Mechanisms and Matching Qualities, published in No.2, Volume 11, authored by Binzhen Wu and Xiaohan Zhong (Department of Economics, Tsinghua University) （fulltext1.pdf）

Binzhen Wu

Xiaohan Zhong

Remarks from the Award Committee：

The Wu/Zhong paper fulfils the criteria of the Jackstädt award most ideally. The gao kao is one of the central institutions in the Chinese education sector and therefore very important also with regard to economic development. For many Chinese families, this is a crucial period in their personal experiences. So, using economic tools to study this institution produces highly relevant results for the Chinese public. At the same time, the results are also meaningful in the context of reforming educational systems in other countries.

China Economic Quarterly 2011-2012（Volume 11）Dr. Werner Jackstädt Annual Best Paper Award Nominees(in random order):

1. Binzhen Wu and Xiaohan Zhong: Preference Submission Mechanisms and Matching Qualities(Vol.11, No.2，fulltext1.pdf).
2. Guangnan Zhang, Kunming Chen and Shufei Yang: ECFA Impact on Economic Growth, Trade and Industry of Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong in China：Based on the Analysis of GTAP (Vol.11, No.3，fulltext2.pdf).
3. Haoran He: Can impacts of Public Policies be Accurately predicted? Natural Experiment Evidence from Plastic Bag Regulation in China(Vol.11, No.4，fulltext3.pdf).

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Introduction to the China Economic Quarterly Dr. Werner Jackstädt Best Paper Award for Chinese Economic and Business Studies

In order to encourage high-quality economic research, China Economic Quarterly set up the Annual Best Paper Award since its inception. Each year one paper is selected as the best paper from the volume published in that year. Starting in 2010, the award is renamed as Dr. Werner Jackstädt Best Paper Award for Chinese Economic and Business Studies, and the prize is set to RMB 20,000 yuan.

The winner is decided by majority votes on the nominated papers from the award committee, which is comprised of the three editors of China Economic Quarterly and Prof. Dr. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath from the East-West Centre for Business Studies and Cultural Science, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

This award is financially sponsored by the Dr. Jackstädt Foundation and supported by The East West Centre for Business Studies and Cultural Science at Frankfurt School.

Dr. Jackstädt was an entrepreneur who had made outstanding contribution to the post-war German economic miracle. The mission of the Dr. Jackstädt Foundation is to support the research in the field of medicine and management science, and to help the development of Wuppertal, Dr. Jackstädt’s hometown (which is also the hometown of Engels).