Nobel Prize

Gary S. Becker’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1992 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my gratitude to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the superb honor conferred on me. It is not necessary to have special reasons to be happy to be here, but…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 9, 1992 The Economic Way of Looking at Life Pdf 590 kB

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 9, 1991 The Institutional Structure of Production In my long life I have known some great economists but I have never counted myself among their number nor walked in their company. I have made no innovations in high theory. My contribution to economics has been to urge…

Ronald H. Coase’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1991 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been deeply moved by the honour paid to me by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and by the recognition thus given to the study of the institutional structure of the economy. By drawing…

I was born on June 16, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts. At that time my parents had completed their undergraduate educations – my father in English literature, my mother in science. My father was then employed at Harvard University, working in the placement office. In 1940, world events led to the activation of my father’s National…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 7, 1990 Foundations of Portfolio Theory Pdf 154 kB

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 7, 1990 Leverage Pdf 116 kB

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Harry M. Markowitz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1990 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my deepest thanks to the Nobel Foundation for the honor you do us, on behalf of the three of us who are here tonight and on behalf of hundreds of others…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 7, 1990 Capital Asset Prices with and without Negative Holding Pdf 324 kB