Economic Sciences

Interview

Interview with the 2009 Laureates in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson on 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Oliver Williamson, Elinor Ostrom welcome to Stockholm and to this interview with, unfortunately, Adam Smith. Oliver Williamson: It’s our pleasure. Elinor Ostrom: Our great pleasure. I think when I…

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Interview

Interview, March 2021 Paul R. Milgrom outside his home in Palo Alto. Photo credit: Andrew Brodhead/Stanford News Service “Don’t waste your time with things that aren’t going to matter” On 10 March 2021 nobelprize.org spoke to Paul R. Milgrom via zoom on how his life has changed since the announcements in October, what unique item…

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Interview

Interview, February 2021 Robert B. Wilson with his Prize medal and diploma. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Elena Zhukova “I encourage young people to just have a little bit of curiosity” Nobelprize.org spoke to economist Robert Wilson on 3 February 2021 about teaching future laureates, collaborating with fellow laureate Paul Milgrom and dealing with failure.…

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Prize announcement

https://www.youtube.com/embed/XIl-OBg1jmg Announcement of the 2020 Prize in Economic Sciences by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 12 October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZctoTG27Fhw “This prize is about avoiding the winner’s curse” Immediately after the announcement, Tommy Andersson, member of the committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences, was interviewed by…

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Popular information

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020 Every day, auctions distribute astronomical values between buyers and sellers. This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have improved auction theory and invented new auction formats, benefitting sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world. The quest for the perfect auction Auctions have a long history. In Ancient Rome,…

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