Economic Sciences

Nobel Lecture

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 12, 1969 The Use of Models: Experience and Prospects 1. Essence of models In this lecture I propose to discuss the experience we have had with the method of model building as a contribution to economic science and the prospects for its further application. First of all…

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The Nobel Prize laureates are required “to give a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded according to the Nobel Foundation statutes. The lecture should be given before, or no later than six months after, the Nobel Prize award ceremony, which takes place in Stockholm or, in…

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Biographical

I was born April 14, 1921, in Oakland California, spent most of my boyhood in California, with three years in the east and two in the Panama Canal Zone, my father being a naval officer. I attended the University of California, Berkeley (with two years out in Chile), graduating in economics in 1944. After a…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Per Strömberg, Member of the , Chairman of the Nobel Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Per Strömberg, ledamot av , ordförande i Nobelkommittén för Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne, 10 december 2016. Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter. Ärade…

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