This prestigious award, established in memory of Tadeusz Rybczynski, a distinguished economist and Chairman of the Society, is awarded for the best piece of writing in business economics in the year.
Posted: 18 November 2025
2024/25 Rybczynski Prize Essay
The ‘text as data’ revolution and the value of (financial) news
Author: Joel Suss, Data Journalist, Financial Times
Author: Chris Giles, Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Posted: 09 July 2024
2023/24 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Is Digitalisation Boosting the Decarbonisation of Industries?
Author: Dr Shivani Taneja, University of Kent
Author: Dr Filip Mandys, University of Cambridge
Posted: 21 November 2023
2022/23 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Dancing with the bear: The impact of sanctions on Russian trade.
Author: Muthomi Gichaara, British Embassy Ashgabat
Author: Shahzad Gitay, Bank of England
Posted: 21 June 2022
2021/22 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Can the clean energy transition boost global growth?
James Nixon, Oxford Economics
Felicity Hannon, Oxford Economics
Posted: 28 September 2021
2020/21 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Money printers go grr: three myths and three uncomfortable truths about quantitative easing.
Henry Curr, Economics Editor, The Economist
Posted: 04 March 2020
2019/20 Rybczynski Prize Essay
How robots change the world: Their impact on regional inequalities
Edward Cone
Richard Holt
Michael Zielenziger
Posted: 12 March 2019
2018/19 Rybczynski Prize Essay (1)
Why are patients waiting longer for emergency care in England?
Jennifer Lambert
Steven Paling
Posted: 12 March 2019
2018/19 Rybczynski Prize Essay (2)
The returns to higher education: new evidence from administrative data in the UK
Jack Britton, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Posted: 25 May 2018
2017/18 Rybczynksi Prize Essay
Big Data is changing how consumer markets work
James Plunkett
Posted: 01 December 2017
2016/17 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Health spending: it’s not just about ageing
Mirko Licchetta, Office for Budget Responsibility
Michal Stelmach, Office for Budget Responsibility
Posted: 01 July 2016
2015/16 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Labour power sets the neutral real rate
Toby Nangle, Global Co-Head of Asset Allocation, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Posted: 26 May 2015
2014/15 Rybczynski Prize Essay
How To See Into The Future
Tim Harford, Economist and Journalist
Posted: 01 January 2014
2013/14 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Just Deserts? Risk, Reward and Incentives in Criminal Justice
Ian Mulheirn, Director of Consulting, Oxford Economics
Posted: 01 January 2013
2012/13 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Navigating the New Era of Public Debt Build‑ups
José Ursúa, Goldman Sachs
Posted: 01 January 2012
2011/12 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Samuel Tombs, Senior UK Economist, Capital Economics
Posted: 01 January 2011
2010/11 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Spare a thought for spare capacity
George Buckley, Chief UK Economist, Deutsche Bank
Posted: 01 January 2010
2009/10 Rybczynski Prize Essay
The unbearable lightness of balance sheets: An analysis for the eurozone corporate sector
Marco Annunziata, UniCredit MB
Loredana Federico, UniCredit MB
Davide Stroppa, UniCredit MB
Posted: 01 January 2009
2008/09 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Japanese lessons for an Anglo Saxon banking crisis
Posted: 01 January 2008
2007/08 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Global Inflation – The Ghost in the Machine?
Marco Annunziata, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
Tullia Bucco, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
David Stroppa, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
Marco Valli, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
Posted: 01 January 2007
2006/07 Rybczynski Prize Essay
Gender Inequality, Growth & Global Ageing
Kevin Daly, Managing Director, Economics, Goldman Sachs
