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What Nudged the Nobel Committee to Honor Richard Thaler?

By Sergey V. Popov | Published: October 9, 2017

Richard Thaler was not the first proponent of behavioral economics to be awarded a Nobel Prize, notes Sergey Popov. But Thaler's star turn came when the Great Recession and it orgy or irrationality brought a lot of attention to research that extensively cites the University of Chicago's economist's 40-year-long academic career.

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A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize

By Social Science Space | Published: October 9, 2017

Richard H. Thaler, the University of Chicago economist whose contributions linking psychology to the ‘dismal science’ caught the public’s eye in his co-authored bestselling book Nudge, has received this year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences.

Posted in Impact, Recognition | Also tagged Behavioral economics, Behavioural Economics, Economics, Nudge, Richard Thaler | Leave a comment

Why Did Contract Theory Deserve a Nobel Prize?

By Hongyi Li and Anton Kolotilin | Published: October 11, 2016

As technology improves and organizations become more complex, the theory and practice of contract design will only increase in importance. As such, we owe, we owe a great debt to this year's Nobel laureates in economics for giving us powerful tools to structure effective contracts.

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How Data Empowered the Individual (and Won a Nobel)

By Vincent O'Sullivan | Published: October 13, 2015

Angus Deaton called for the applied microeconomists not to abandon economic theory in favor of experiments but instead to think more deeply about the consequences of economic theories and how they can be tested using real-world data. This is the approach he has followed throughout his career and what has led to him win a Nobel Prize.

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Bridge-building Economist Angus Deaton Wins Nobel

By Social Science Space | Published: October 12, 2015

The Nobel committee has awarded Princeton's Angus Deaton 'for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.' But in fact, he was awarded for building bridges – between disciplines, between theory and reality, between people.

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What I’ve Got Against the Nobel in Economics

By David Spencer | Published: October 14, 2014

This year's winner of the not-quite Nobel Prize in economics once again demonstrates the triumph of the blackboard over the real world in what gets recognized -- and that's not good, argues David Spencer.

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Regulation Wrangler Wins Nobel in Economics

By Akos Valentinyi | Published: October 13, 2014

How do we understand and regulate industries where there are only a few powerful firms? French economist Jean Tirole, for one, asked such a question and his answers earned him a Nobel this morning.

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My social science career: Interview with Elinor Ostrom

By SAGE | Published: November 17, 2011

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Elinor Ostrom spoke to socialsciencespace. In 2009, she became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson. She is currently the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, and Senior Research […]

Posted in Early Career, Featured, International Debates, Interview, Resources | Also tagged Economics, Elinor Ostrom, Political Science, Social Science | Leave a comment

Tag: Nobel Prize

What Nudged the Nobel Committee to Honor Richard Thaler?

A Founding Father of Behavioral Economics Wins Nobel Prize

Why Did Contract Theory Deserve a Nobel Prize?

How Data Empowered the Individual (and Won a Nobel)

Bridge-building Economist Angus Deaton Wins Nobel

What I’ve Got Against the Nobel in Economics

Regulation Wrangler Wins Nobel in Economics

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