A PYMNTS Company

Nobel Prize

Two US Academics Awarded The Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences
 |  Oct 12, 2020

American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to auction theory, reported The Wall Street Journal. Milgrom and Wilson, who are both professors at Stanford University in California, were recognized for theoretical discoveries that improved how auctions work. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, they also […]

Global: Three win Nobel Prize in Economics
 |  Oct 14, 2019

A trio of researchers from Cambridge, Mass., has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics for their work in addressing global poverty.  Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo share the prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard. “This year’s Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global […]

Loading...