Research Fellow Oriana Bandiera awarded 2011 Carlo Alberto Medal

CEPR Research Fellow Oriana Bandiera has been awarded the 2011 Carlo Alberto Medal. She is the first woman to be win the medal, which rewards Italian scholars under the age of 40 for outstanding contributions to economics. Oriana is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow in CEPR's Public Policy and Development Economics programmes. The medal was awarded in recognition of, among other things, her "enlightening work on the role and the design of incentives in the workplace, in advanced and developing economies." Previous winners of the medal include CEPR Research Fellows Enrico Moretti (2008) and Marco Battaglini (2009).