The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982

George J. Stigler

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982 was awarded to George J. Stigler "for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation"

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