Economic Sciences

Press release

English October 11, 2000 has decided that the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2000, will be shared between James J. Heckman University of Chicago, USA, and Daniel L. McFadden University of California, Berkeley, USA. In the field of microeconometrics, each of the laureates has developed theory and methods…

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German 11 Oktober 2000 hat beschlossen, den von der Schwedischen Reichsbank in Erinnerung an Alfred Nobel gestifteten Preis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften des Jahres 2000 zwischen James J. Heckman Universität Chicago, USA und Daniel L. McFadden Universität von Kalifornien, Berkeley, USA aufzuteilen. Die Preisträger haben im Felde der Mikroökonometrie Theorien und Methoden entwickelt, die heute weitreichende Verwendung…

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Article

Writing the “The Market for ‘Lemons'”: A Personal Interpretive Essay by George A. Akerlof2001 laureate in economic sciences I wrote “The Market for ‘Lemons,'” (a 13-page paper for which I was awarded the Prize in Economics) during my first year as assistant professor at Berkeley, in 1966-67. “Lemons” deals with a problem as old as…

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Popular information

Swedish Populärvetenskaplig information 11 oktober 2000 James Heckman och Daniel McFadden har var för sig utvecklat teori och metoder inom området mikroekonometri; dessa har fått stor användning i statistisk analys av individers och hushålls beteende, inom såväl nationalekonomi som andra samhällsvetenskaper. Mikroekonometri och mikrodata Mikroekonometrin är ett gränsområde mellan ekonomi och statistik. Det omfattar ekonomisk…

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Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Professor Karl Gustav Jöreskog of the December 10, 2000. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Karl Gustav Jöreskog delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2000 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen,…

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English Information for the Public October 11, 2000 James Heckman and Daniel McFadden have each developed theory and methods that are widely used in the statistical analysis of individual and household behavior, within economics as well as other social sciences. Microeconometrics and Microdata Microeconometrics is an interface between economics and statistics. It encompasses economic theory…

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Biographical

My wife Beverlee Tito Simboli and I married in 1962. We have three grown children, Nina, Robert, and Raymond, and three grandchildren, Emily, Anne, and Daniel William. Beverlee is a photographer who is best known for her large-format Polaroid works with industrial and abstract subjects. She is the daughter of Raymond Simboli, who immigrated from…

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