Economic Sciences

Award ceremony speech

Professor Tore Ellingsen presenterar Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2009 i Stockholms Konserthus. Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Tore Ellingsen, ledamot av , ledamot i Ekonomipriskommittén, 10 December 2009 Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Ärade Pristagare, mina damer och herrar, För tvåhundrasjuttio år sedan, den 2 juni 1739, grundade…

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Press release

Swedish 12 oktober 2009 har beslutat att utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne år 2009 till Elinor Ostrom Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, “för hennes analys av ekonomisk organisering, särskilt samfälligheter” och Oliver E. Williamson University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, “för hans analys av ekonomisk organisering, särskilt företagets gränser”…

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Award ceremony speech

Professor Tore Ellingsen delivering the Presentation Speech for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009 at the Stockholm Concert Hall. English Presentation Speech by Professor Tore Ellingsen, Member of the , Member of the Economics Prize Committee, 10 December 2009 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Laureates, Ladies…

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Popular information

Economic governance: the organization of cooperation Traditionally, economic theory has by and large been a theory of markets or, more precisely, about marketprices. However,there are at least two reasons why economic science should extend beyond price theory. First, markets do not function properly unless suitable contracts can be formulated and enforced. Hence, we need to…

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Biographical

I was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 7, 1933, and grew up during the Great Depression. Fortunately, our house had a large backyard that we filled with a vegetable garden and fruit trees. I learned how to grow vegetables and how to can apricots and peaches during the heat of summer. During World…

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Illustrated information

  Economic Sciences Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web Contents The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 with one half to Elinor Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the…

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