Nobel economics prize goes to Claudia Goldin
- 09-Oct-2023
American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the last of this year’s crop […]
Trio win Nobel Economics Prize for ‘natural experiments’
- 11-Oct-2021
Three US-based academics on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for research on the labour market using “natural experiments”, or observational studies, that have revolutionised empirical research in the field, the jury said. Canadian-American David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens shared the prize for providing “new insights about the labour market” and […]
US economist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize
- 09-Oct-2017
STOCKHOLM: U.S. economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioral economics, showing how human traits affect supposedly rational markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Thaler brought to prominence the idea of “nudge” economics, where humans are subtly guided toward beneficial behaviors without […]
World Bank’s top economist tipped for Nobel
- 10-Oct-2016
STOCKHOLM: The World Bank’s new chief economist is among those tipped to win the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, as the awards season moves into a second week. The economics prize is unique among the Nobel awards in that it was created by the Swedish central bank in 1968 – the others were all set […]
Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize
- 12-Oct-2015
STOCKHOLM: Angus Deaton of Britain and the United States won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare, the jury said.