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Nobel 2011 goes to Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims
The blog post on predictions did mention Sargent but missed on Sims. Both have been on the perennial waiting list. Anyways, both have got the prize for 2011: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic...
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A prize to propose a plan for orderly exit of a Eurozone member state
THis will not amuse the EMU leaders one bit. UK’s Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust has announced a plan (FT write-up as well for the subscribers). The plan is for academic economists who can draw a...
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Impact of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics: Mainline vs. Mainstream
Peter J. Boettke, Alexander Fink and Daniel J. Smith divide Economics Nobel Prize winners into two types - Mainline and Mainstream. Mainline are theoretical types which have build on the legacy of Adam...
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel –...
Every October of the month the buzz and excitement shifts to Stockholm for Nobel Prize announcements. There is tremendous excitement for the top econ prize as well. Based on this blogpost we should be...
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Nobel Peace Prize 2012 to European Union
Hoping to hear some interesting comments on this. Nobel Peace committee has surprised giving peace prize for 2012 to European Union: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize...
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The use of mathematics in economics and its effect on academic career..
Today is that annual event where econ world goes into huge frenzy. The 2012 Economics Prize in memory of Alfred Nobel to be announced today. Who would it be this time? Meanwhile, a nice paper by the...
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Economics Prize 2012 to Al Roth and Lloyd Shapely
So the hype for 2012 is over. The committee has given the 2012 prize to Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapely “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”. In a way this paper on...
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Politics and sham of naming Riksbank Prize in economics as Nobel Prize..
Yasha Levine of Exiled.com (amazing website name) writes this article saying there is nothing like Nobel Prize in economics. ( I read a similar article by Ira Basen as well). However, this one is a bit...
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Nobel Prize 2012 Lectures…
The lectures are online. More than economics (Shapley, Roth here), I was curious to read the Peace lecture by EU officials.. Roth lists many pioneers towards the end who have contributed/contributing...
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Prof. Harini Nagendra wins the first Lin Ostrom Award
Prof. Harini Nagendra of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environement (called ATREE, based in Bangalore) wins the first Lin Ostrom award. There were eight other winners (both individuals...
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RIP Prof. Coase…
A really sad news and a bad afternoon. Prof Ronald Coase passes away at 102. He was still active at that age and demystifying China’s economy. Tyler Cowen has a link. Bloomber’s Laurence Arnold...
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A course in economics which should be tried at other univs/institutes..
Tyler Cowen points to this interesting link of a course description in economics. It is a course by Prof. Marek Hlavac (of Political Economy and Government) at Harvard. The course is about studying...
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Prize in economics in memory of Alfred Nobel – 2013 ..Predictions..
Thomson Reuters releases its annual predictions for 2013. It has interesting choices this time and none of the names are those which have been on the pending list for a while: Joshua D. Angrist (MIT)...
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Nobel Peace Prize vs Prize for Economics..
Two articles favoring one over other. First by Edward Hadas of Reuters who says 2013 Nobel Peace Prize winner (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) should chasten economists. Second by...
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Nobel Economics Prize 2013 to Fama/Shiller/Hansen…
There you go….Fama and Shiller finally along with Peter Hansen “for their empirical analysis of asset prices”. Additional info from the Committee: Press release (pdf) Popular information (pdf) Advanced...
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Can we predict asset prices even over a long-term?
The committee releases superb summaries of works of winners of “The Prize”. This year is no different. I have so far only read the popular version as adv version is too detailed. The popular version...
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Lawrence Klein: Honoring and Remembering a Model Economist
Prof Lawrence Klein passed away on Oct 20. K@W pays a tribute to the giant econ who as per one faculty, should have won “the prize” twice. In the speech awarding Klein his Nobel Prize, Herman Wold of...
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Jean Tirole is perhaps the closest a Prize winner has been to Graduate/PhD...
You can hate him but just cannot ignore him. The Prize for 2014 has been given to Prof Jean Tirole of Toulouse 1 Capitole University. There were two reactions from my friends. First said never heard of...
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Kuznets Nobel medal up for auction!
It seems Nobel Prize winners are fed up of their medals. After Prof James Watson’s decision to auction the medal, another one is up for grabs. This one is of Prof Simon Kuznets (HT: Greg Mankiw...
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The Prize in Economics to Prof Angus Deaton …(a prize in bread and butter...
There was a time when this blog used to get caught in the Prize fever. This time it did not even realise that this year’s award has been announced. Not sure whether this explains maturity of the blog...
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