Assistant Professor Luis Martínez received the Juan Luis Londoño Award, which recognizes a Colombian Economist under 40 for their academic contributions and policy impact. 

“Three cities occupy a special place in my career as an economist,” said Professor Martinez in his speech. “The third city is Chicago where the Harris Public Policy School opened doors for me and has given me an unsurpassable environment to carry out my work during the last seven years.”

He went on to thank his political economist colleagues, Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, William Howell, and Scott Ashworth, and those he describes as “people with an unlimited intellectual curiosity,” Steven Durlauf, Roger Myerson, and James Robinson. He also noted his friendship with Robinson and María Angélica Bautista, Martinez’s coauthor.

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