The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 was awarded jointly to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Henry Roberts Johnson and James A. Robinson "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity"

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