Birgit Grodal#The Birgit Grodal Award
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Birgit Grodal (24 June 1943 - 4 May 2004), was an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1968 until her death in 2004.{{cite news| last1 = Kœrgård | first1= Niels | last2 = Sloth | first2= Birgitte | title= RES Newsletter: Bridgit Grodal (obituary) | url= http://www.res.org.uk/SpringboardWebApp/userfiles/res/file/obituaries/grodal.pdf | access-date= 16 July 2014 | issue= 129 | publisher= Royal Economic Society | date= April 2005}} [http://www.res.org.uk/view/newsletterOnlineApr05.html See also.]{{Cite journal | last1 = Dierker | first1= Egbert | last2 = Dierker | first2= Hildegard | title = Ownership structure and control in incomplete market economies with transferable utility | journal = Economic Theory | volume = 51 | issue = 3 | pages = 713–728 | doi = 10.1007/s00199-011-0621-y | date = November 2012 | s2cid= 14399484 | quote = This paper grew out of an extensive cooperation with Birgit Grodal, who passed away on May 4, 2004. }}
Early life
Birgit Grodal was born on 24 June 1943 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She grew up in Frederiksberg. She was the middle child having both a younger and an older brother. Grodal was interested in mathematics from a young age and used to fill the pages of her psalm book with equations. She was married to Torben Grodal.
Education
Grodal gained her degree (1962) and her masters (1968) in mathematics and physics from the University of Copenhagen. Also at the University of Copenhagen she earned her Ph.D. in mathematics under Werner Fenchel, her dissertation, A critical overview of the present theory on atomless economies,{{cite book | last1=Grodal | first1=Birgit | title= En kritisk oversigt over den eksisterende teori om atomløse økonomier (A critical overview of the present theory on atomless economies) | publisher= University of Copenhagen | location= Copenhagen }} won a gold medal, something which was used to support young scholars in the old Danish academic system.{{Cite journal | last = Mas-Colell | first = Andreu | author-link = Andreu Mas-Colell | title = Brigit Grodal: A friend to her friends | journal = Journal of the European Economic Association | volume = 2 | issue = 5 | pages = 906–912 | doi = 10.1162/1542476042782314 | date = September 2004 }} [http://www.eeassoc.org/doc/upload/Birgit_Grodal20111005180556.pdf Pdf version.]
Research
Birgit Grodal worked on micro-economic theory, mathematical economics, and general equilibrium theory.
Career
Birgit Grodal was elected president of the European Economic Association, but died before she was scheduled to attain her presidency. In 2010 the European Economic Association Council agreed unanimously to institute a prize in her honor to a European-based female economist who has made a significant contribution to the Economics profession. She was also a member of the Econometric Society starting in 1981 and served on the executive committee between 1997 and 2000.
Publications
Her major works include A Second Remark on the Core of an Atomless Economy" published in Econometrica in 1972,{{Cite journal | last = Grodal | first = Birgit | title = A second remark on the core of an atomless economy | journal = Econometrica | volume = 40 | issue = 3 | pages = 581–583 | doi = 10.2307/1913187 | date = May 1972 | jstor = 1913187 }} and Existence of Approximate Cores with Incomplete Preferences published in Econometrica in 1976.{{Cite journal | last = Grodal | first = Birgit | title = Existence of approximate cores with incomplete preferences | journal = Econometrica | volume = 44 | issue = 4 | pages = 829–830 | doi = 10.2307/1913452 | date = July 1976 | jstor = 1913452 }}
The Birgit Grodal Award
The Birgit Grodal Award is bestowed bi-annually (even years) in her memory, the winner receives €10,000. Danmarks Nationalbank agreed to sponsor the first three awards.{{cite web | title= Birgit Grodal Award | url= http://www.eeassoc.org/index.php?page=211 | publisher= European Economic Association }}
The recipients of the Birgit Grodal Award are:
- 2012: Hélène Rey{{cite web|title=Hélène Rey, Professor of Economics|url=http://www.helenerey.eu/|publisher=Hélène Rey}}
- 2014: Rachel Griffith{{cite web|title=Rachel Griffith wins 2014 Birgit Grodal Award|url=http://www.cepr.org/content/rachel-griffith-wins-2014-birgit-grodal-award|publisher=Centre for Economic Policy Research|date=21 April 2014}}
- 2016: Lucrezia Reichlin{{cite web|title=The 2016 Birgit Grodal Award Winner|url=https://www.eeassoc.org/index.php?page=211h|date=21 April 2016}}
- 2018: Ekaterina Zhuravskaya[https://cepr.org/content/cepr-research-fellow-dr-ekaterina-zhuravskaya-has-won-2018-birgit-grodal-award CEPR (March 22nd, 2018). CEPR Research Fellow Dr Ekaterina Zhuravskaya has won the 2018 Birgit Grodal Award. Retrieved March 28th, 2018.]
- 2020: Eliana La Ferrara[https://cepr.org/content/2020-birgit-grodal-award-awarded-cepr-research-fellow-eliana-la-ferrara CEPR (Tuesday, April 28, 2020). 2020 Birgit Grodal Award awarded to CEPR Research Fellow Eliana La Ferrara. Retrieved Sept 22nd, 2020.]
- 2022: Silvana Tenreyro[https://eeassoc.org/awards/birgit-grodal-award CEPR (Monday, August 8, 2022). 2020 Birgit Grodal Award awarded to CEPR Research Fellow Eliana La Ferrara. Retrieved August 8th, 2022.]
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