Awards & Recognition
Princeton University Press books have won numerous awards, including six Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, and the Holberg Prize. To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A New Yorker Best Book We've Read This YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year: Economics
An Economist What will be the bestsellers in the coming year?An Economist Biggest Book of the Year
A New Statesman Best Book of the Academic PressesAn Australian Most Anticipated Book
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year: EconomicsA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
A Foreign Affairs Best of BooksFinalist for the Hayek Book Prize, Manhattan Institute
Finalist for the George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year: Economics
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year: EconomicsA Marginal Revolution Best Non-Fiction Book
A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A FiveBooks Best Economic History Book of the Year
A NPR Books We Love selectionWinner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
A Wall Street Journal Five Best Biographies of Economists
Finalist for the Turku Book Prize, European Society for Environmental HistoryHonorable Mention for the DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Book in History / Social Sciences
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American PublishersA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards
Winner of the Silver Medal in Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of Morningstar's Recommended Books of the Year
Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards
William D. Nordhaus, Winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsOne of Foreign Affairs' Best Books
A Project Syndicate Commentators' Best Reads of the Year
Winner of the Silver Medal in Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability, Axiom Business Book Awards
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award
Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Reference, Axiom Business Book Awards
Winner of the Gold Medal in International Business / Globalization, Axiom Business Book Awards
Honorable Mention for the Alice Amsden Book Award, Society for the Advancement of Socio-EconomicsHonorable Mention for the IPE Best Book Award, International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association
Selected for Bloomberg View’s “The Writing that Shaped Economic Thinking in 2016”Selected for Canada’s Financial Post Best Personal Finance and Economics Books of 2016
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books
Shortlisted for the 2018 Africa-Asia ICAS Book Prize, International Convention of Asia Scholars and Association for Asian Studies in Africa
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2017: EconomicsOne of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2017
One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Kermal Dervi )
Winner of the 2019 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing, Columbia Business School
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the 31st D.B. Hardeman Prize, LBJ FoundationWinner of the 2018 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2018 Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize, Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Koichi Hamada)
Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards
One of Prospect's Best Economics Books of 2019
Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing, Columbia Business School
Longlisted for the 2017 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
One of the Microsoft Best Business Books of 2017
One of the Times Higher Education Books of the Year 2017, chosen by Sir Anton Muscatelli
One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by J. Bradford DeLong)
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2017: Economics
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2017
Selected for Bloomberg View’s “Must-Reads of 2017: Monopolies, Sexism and Economics”
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Ethics, Axiom Business Book Awards
Selected for Askblog’s Books of the year 2017
Winner of the Hayek Book Prize, Manhattan InstituteOne of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2019: Economics
A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearWinner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2019: HistoryOne of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: History
Winner of the 2018 Silver Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards2018 Silver Medal Winner in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Winner of the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
Winner of the 2017 Gold Medal in International Business / Globalization, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2017
One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Jean Pisani-Ferry)
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
One of The Economist’s Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016
One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2018 (Cass Sunstein)One of Barron's Book Picks from Industry Leaders in 2018 (Robert Shiller)
Lars Peter Hansen, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in EconomicsThomas J. Sargent, Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the 2018 Schumpeter Prize Competition, International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
Co-Winner of the 2018 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History AssociationFinalist for the 2017 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institute
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in European and World History, Association of American Publishers
One of MIT Technology Review’s Best Books of 2016
One of Diane Coyle's Best Economic Books of 2018
Winner of the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 1992 Best Book Award of the Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Economics, Association of American Publishers
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books
One of The Economist's Best Business and Economics Books of 2018E. Glen Weyl & Eric Posner: One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Bloomberg 50” Icons of 2018
Winner of the Kulp-Wright Book Award, American Risk and Insurance Association
Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2018 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing, Columbia Business School
Longlisted for the 2017 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
One of the Microsoft Best Business Books of 2017
One of the Times Higher Education Books of the Year 2017, chosen by Sir Anton Muscatelli
One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by J. Bradford DeLong)
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2017: Economics
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2017
Selected for Bloomberg View’s “Must-Reads of 2017: Monopolies, Sexism and Economics”
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of the LSE Marshall Institute's Books of 2019
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2016
Co-Winner of the 2016 Schumpeter Prize Competition, International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public AccountantsWinner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers
A New York Times Bestseller
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
One of Foreign Affairs’ Editors’ Picks 2016
One of The Economist’s Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016
One of The Wall Street Journal’s “The 20 Books That Defined Our Year” 2016
One of the Washington Post’s Best Economics Books 2016
One of Bloomberg View’s “Five Books to Change Conservatives’ Minds,” chosen by Cass Sunstein
One of Bloomberg View’s Great History Books of 2016
#36 on Bloomberg’s "50 Most Influential" List
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog’s “The Books We Loved in 2016”
Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University
One of The Independent’s Best Economics Books of the YearBloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of the Year
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
Financial Times Best Economics Books of of the Year
One of The Independent’s Best Economics Books 2015
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Vítor Constâncio
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American PublishersOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
Selected for Canada’s Financial Post Best Personal Finance and Economics Books of 2016
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2016
Co-Winner of the 2018 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin WolfFinancial Times Best Books in Economics of the Year
Winner of the 2017 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics SocietyFinalist for the 2017 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institute
One of Bloomberg View’s Great History Books of 2016
Co-Winner of the 2018 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association
Winner of the 2016 James Coleman Award for Outstanding Book, Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2016 Gaddis Smith International Book Prize, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University
Co-Winner of the 2015 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference
Co-Winner of the 2015 Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American PublishersOne of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
Selected for Canada’s Financial Post Best Personal Finance and Economics Books of 2016
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2016
Lars Peter Hansen, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in EconomicsThomas J. Sargent, Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics
Michael Kremer, Winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2004 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Medical Science, Association of American Publishers
2016 Outstanding Book of the Year “Most Likely to Save the Planet,” Independent Publisher Book AwardsOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf
A Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection
One of the Globalist’s Top Books of 2015
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015
Winner of the 1998 Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book in Irish Studies, American Conference for Irish StudiesOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991
Winner of the 2015 Hagley Prize in Business History, Hagley Museum and Library and Business History Conference
Winner of the 2007 Anderson Medal, Society for Nautical ResearchWinner of the 2007 Bronze Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Shortlisted for the 2006 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year
Honorable Mention for the 2006 John Lyman Book Award, Science and Technology category, North American Society for Ocean History
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Business Books of 2013 (chosen by guest critic Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft)
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American PublishersWinner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
A New York Times Bestseller
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
#36 on Bloomberg’s "50 Most Influential" List 2016
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
One of The Economist’s Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History
One of Bloomberg View’s “Five Books to Change Conservatives’ Minds,” chosen by Cass Sunstein
One of Bloomberg View’s Great History Books of 2016
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016
One of The Wall Street Journal’s “The 20 Books That Defined Our Year” 2016
One of Foreign Affairs’ Editors’ Picks 2016
One of the Washington Post’s Best Economics Books 2016
One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog’s “The Books We Loved in 2016”
Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2015, chosen by Martin WolfOne of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
One of The Independent’s Best Economics Books 2015
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Vítor Constâncio
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf
Winner of the 2015 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Best Books of 2014
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of FA-mag.com’s Books of the Year 2014
One of "The Books Quartz Read" in 2014
One of Minnpost.com’s ‘Three (plus) books for the econ buff on your list’ 2014
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2014
Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book AwardsHonorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2014, chosen by Martin Wolf
One of China Business News’ Financial Books of the Year for 2014
Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American PublishersOne of The Times Higher Education Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, selected by Sir Howard Davies
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2014, chosen by Mervyn King and Jeffrey M. Lacker
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2014, chosen by Martin Wolf
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2014
Winner of the 2012 Award for the Best Book in European Politics, European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association
Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics
Angus Deaton, Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2013 William G. Bowen Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by John Snow
One of Bloomberg/Businessweek Best Books of 2013, selected by Christopher L. Eisgruber (president of Princeton University)
One of Forbes Magazine’s Best Books of 2013
Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the 2014 Spear’s Book Awards in Financial History
Longlisted for the 2013 Business Book of the Year Award, Financial Times/Goldman Sachs
A "Best Business Book of the Year for 2013" selected on LinkedIn by Matthew Bishop, Economics Editor of The Economist
Featured in The Sunday Times 2013 Holiday Roundup
One of the Top 10 Technical Books on Financial Engineering by Financial Engineering News for 2006
One of Bloomberg/Businessweek Best Books of 2013, selected by Edmund Phelps
Winner of the 2014 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2014, chosen by chosen by Bjorn Wahlroos
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2013
A "Best Business Book of the Year for 2013" selected on LinkedIn by Matthew Bishop, Economics Editor of The Economist
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015
2016 Outstanding Book of the Year “Most Likely to Save the Planet,” Independent Publisher Book AwardsA Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf
One of the Globalist’s Top Books of 2015
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015
One of China Business News’ Financial Books of the Year for 2014
Winner of the 2014 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2011 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2016 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society
Thomas J. Sargent, Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in EconomicsWinner of the 2003 for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Business Management & Accounting, Association of American Publishers
Honorable Mention for the 2003 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Anat Admati, One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for 2014Winner of the 2013 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers
Co-Winners of the 2014 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards
One of BloombergBusinessweek Best Books of 2013, selected by Jason Furman (chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors)
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
One of The Wall Street Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2013
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2013
Shortlisted for the 2013 Deutsche Wirtschaftsbuchpreis (German Business and Economics Book Award), sponsored by Handelsblatt, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Goldman Sachs
Selected for the ‘Moyers & Company’ Recommended Books List 2014
Shortlisted for the 2013 Spear's Book Award in Business
Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book AwardsHonorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2014, chosen by Martin Wolf
One of China Business News’ Financial Books of the Year for 2014
Winner of the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Award, Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012
Winner of the 2014 Entrepreneurship Practice Award, Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of ManagementWinner of the 2013 Silver Medal Book Award in Entrepreneurship, Axiom Business
Finalist for the 2013 George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management
Honorable Mention for the 2011 PROSE Award in Economics,s, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
One of The Globalist's Top Books of 2012
Winner of the 2014 Eugene Fama Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Doctoral Education, University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessWinner of the 1997 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 1997 Paul A. Samuelson Award, TIAA-CREF
Co-Winner of the 2012 Gold Medal Book Award in Economics, Axiom Business
Winner of the 2009 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American PublishersCo-Winner of the 2010 Gold Medal Book Award in Entrepreneurship, Axiom Business
Winner of the 2011 Silver Medal Book Award in Entrepreneurship, Axiom Business
Winner of the 2004 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Business, Management, and Accounting, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2013 Gyorgy Ranki Biennial Prize, Economic History Association
Winner of the 2003 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Honorable Mention for the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003Winner of the 2003 Don K. Price Award
Winner of the 2007 Kulp-Wright Book Award, American Risk and Insurance Association
Winner of the 2004 Frank Luther Mott Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award
Winner of the 2011 David and Elaine Spitz Prize, International Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Winner of the 2012 OIV Award in History, International Organisation of Vine and Wine
George A. Akerlof, Co-Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in EconomicsOne of Bloomberg News's (bloomberg.com/news) Top Thirty Business Books of the Year for 2010
Honorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2011 Gold Medal Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign RelationsWinner of the 2010 Paul A. Samuelson Award, TIAA-CREF
One of USA Today's "Year's Best Business Books To Make Sense of Financial Crisis"
Listed on Bloomberg.com by James Pressley as one of "our favorite financial-crisis books this year"
Shortlisted for the 2010 Spear's Book of the Year Award in Financial History
Finalist for the 2011 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize
Runner-Up for the Book of the Year, The Atlantic
Finalist for the 2009 Business Book Award ("Best of the Rest") in Current Interest, 800-CEO-READ
Kenneth Rogoff, Recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, Center for Financial Studies
One of Library Journal Best Business Books - Economics/U.S. Economy category
One of San Francisco Chronicle's 100 Best Books for 2009Winner of the 2009 Best International Nonfiction Book, Week
Winner of the 2009 Gold Medal Book of the Year Award in Business and Economics, ForeWord Reviews
One of Economist's Best Books , Economics and Business Category for 2004
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011
Winner of the 2010 Best Book Prize, European Society for the History of Economic Thought
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006
Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in EconomicsHonorable Mention for the 2006 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Finance & Economics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2012 Kulp-Wright Book Award, American Risk and Insurance AssociationFinalist for the 2010 Paul A. Samuelson Award, TIAA-CREF
One of Strategy & Business's Best Business Books for 2004Shortlisted for the 2005 British Academy Book Prize
Named one of Financial Times (FT.com)'s Books of the Year in Nonfiction Round-Up in the Business & Economics list for 2010
Winner of the 2009 Gold Medal Book Award in Career, Axiom BusinessWinner of the 2008 Max Weber Award for Best Book, Organization, Occupations and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2007 Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Business, Finance and Management, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2009 Silver Medal Book Award in International Business/Globalization, Jenkins Group, Inc., Axiom BusinessWinner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Business, Finance, and Management, Association of American Publishers
One of Economist's Best Books for 2008
One of BusinessWeek's Best Innovation and Design Books for 2008
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Co-Winner of the 2005 Ranki Prize, Economic History Association
Winner of the 2003 "Silver" Frandson Award for Literature in Higher EducationWinner of the Alice L. Beeman Research Award in Communications for Educational Advancement
Winner of the 2008 Gold Book Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Winner of the 2018 (Second) Eugene Fama Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Doctoral Education, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Honorable Mention for the 2010 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007
Richard H. Thaler, Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics
Raghuram Rajan, Winner of the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics 2013, The Center for Financial Studies
Winner of the Talcott Parsons Prize, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Winner of the 2000 John Whitney Hall Book Prize, Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
Co-Winner of the 1999 Distinguished Publication Award, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological AssociationOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997
Winner of the 1998 Taft Labor History Award, School of Industrial and Labor RelationsOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996
Winner of the 1992 Best Book Award of the Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991