Nobel Prize in Economics

Abhijit Banerjee (IND, left), Esther Duflo (FRA/USA, centre), and Michael Kremer (USA, right) share the Nobel Prize for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty


2018: William Nordhaus (USA) Paul Romer (USA), “for including climate change and technological innovation in longterm economic theory

2017: Richard Thaler (USA) “for his contributions to behavioural economics”

2016: Bengt Holmström (FIN) Oliver Hart (GBR) “for their contributions to contract theory”

2015: Angus Deaton (UK) “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare”

2014: Jean Tirole (FRA) “for his analysis of market power and regulation”


Source: Nobelprize.org
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