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Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Laureate in Economics

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The names of the year's Laureates in Economics are announced during a press conference at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The announcement is web cast live here at Nobelprize.org!

The 2008 Prize in Economics will be announced on Monday, October 13, 1:00 p.m. CET (at the earliest).

2007 Economics Prize The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".

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Announcement of 2007 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel See the official announcement of the 2007 Economics Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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