Economic Sciences

Nobel Lecture

Design‐based research in empirical microeconomics David Card delivered his prize lecture on 8 December 2021. He was introduced by Professor Per Johansson.

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The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the prize in economic sciences are awarded to the Nobel Prize laureates. This year, the award ceremony was…

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Interview

Interview, February 2022 Photo: Andrew Brodhead, Stanford University. “You need to have trust to be able to do good work” Nobelprize.org interviewed Guido Imbens on 7 February 2022. We spoke with him about how free time can provide space to think and the importance of friendship and trust for a successful collaboration. Telephone interview, October 2021…

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Interview

Interview, March 2022 Joshua D. Angrist Photo courtesy of the MIT Department of Economics Nobelprize.org interviewed Joshua Angrist on 21 March 2022. He told us about his aversion to studying as a youth, thoughts on teaching and friendship with co-laureate Guido Imbens. Telephone interview, October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bh_CXgAdou8 “My lack of preparation is evidence that I…

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Interview

Interview, February 2022 David Card. Photo: Jean Smith/UC Berkeley “Most people who are doing economics who are going to be very successful are pretty nerdy” On 9 February 2022, nobelprize.org spoke to economist David Card about his first job, how he copes with failure and diversity in science. Nobel Minds https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI9d4d0ogEY Five of the 2021…

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Prize announcement

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nUTRasDkXK0 Announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 11 October 2021. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yYhnyjQs7sw “It’s totally revolutionised the way we do empirical work” Immediately following the announcement, Eva Mörk, member of the Committee for…

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