Economics Nobel awarded on Dec 10

October 10, 2011 16:47

Bloomberg says that the award's official name is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The money, 10 million kronor ($1.48 million), a gold medal and a diploma, will be handed out to the laureates at a ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.

So, Indian-American Avinash Dixit missed out on the Nobel, which went to the two Americans. In fact, the list of economics laureates has in recent years been dominated by American men -- since 2000 there have been only two exceptions. Read more

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