Michael Sperling Winner of 2008 John T. Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize

Michael Sperling (affiliated with both the Economics and Government Departments) was announced as the winner of the 2008 John T. Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize with his thesis on “Unintended Consequences of Government Interventions in the Domestic Ethanol Market.”

An Honorable Mention goes to David R. Porter for his thesis, “Making Trade Fair: The Negotiation and Implementation of NAFTA Chapter Twenty.”

The John T. Dunlop Thesis Prize in Business and Government is an annual award for Harvard undergraduates, provided by The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Established in 2007, it is awarded to the graduating senior who writes the best thesis on a challenging public policy issue at the interface of business and government and carries a $500 award.

The prize is named after John T. Dunlop, the Lamont University Professor Emeritus, a widely respected labor economist who served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1969 to 1973.

For more information about the prize, click here.