The deadline for submissions for the Wolfson Economics Prize has now passed. Any further entries received will not be considered. We would like to thank everyone who has entered a submission or shown an interest in the Prize. Entrants whose submissions are shortlisted will be notified in due course.
Information pack for applicants
Details of the entry requirements and prize rules can can be downloaded in the following languages: 
Q&A Webinar
Q&A Event
A copy of the slides displayed during the event can be found here. Pictures of the event can be found on Policy Exchange's Flickr page.
Judging panel
The judges are:
- Mr Derek Scott (UK) – former Economics Adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chairman of the Wolfson Economics Prize
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Neumann (Germany) – Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn and former adviser to the German Bundesbank and the Academic Advisory Council of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
- Prof. Charles Goodhart CBE FBA (UK) – Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance with the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
- Prof. Jean-Jacques Rosa (France) – Emeritus Professor of Economics and Finance at the University Sciences Po, Paris, and former member of French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin’s Conseil d’Analyse Économique
- Prof. Francesco Giavazzi (Italy) – Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan, and former economics adviser to the President of the EU Commission, the Italian Prime Minister and member of the External Evaluation Committee of the Research Activities at the International Monetary Fund.
Further details and comments from the judging panel can be found in the following press release:
About the Wolfson Economics Prize
The Wolfson Economics Prize will be awarded to the person who is able to articulate how best to manage the orderly exit of one of more member states from the European Monetary Union.
There is now a real possibility that political or economic pressure may force one or more states to leave the Euro. If the process is managed badly it would threaten European savings, employment and the stability of the international banking system. The Wolfson Economics Prize aims to ensure that high quality economic thought is given to how the Euro might be restructured into more stable currencies.
The Wolfson Economics Prize, worth £250,000 (€286,000), is the second biggest cash prize to be awarded to an academic after the Nobel Prize. Deadline for submissions will be January 31st 2012.
For further information or to make a submission please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The original press release announcing the prize can be downloaded here: