Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1977

Bertil Ohlin

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Prize share: 1/2

James E. Meade

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Prize share: 1/2

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1977 was awarded jointly to Bertil Ohlin and James E. Meade "for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements"

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