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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…

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

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 7, 1989 Econometrics and the Welfare State 1. Introduction Some of you here in this distinguished audience, and perhaps many of my colleagues who are not present, might say that the title I have chosen for this lecture is a strange and artificial construction. What has the…

Trygve Haavelmo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1989 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to keep my own person in the background in this connection, overwhelmed as I am by the honour that has fallen upon me. My admiration for their wisdom and foresight should go to those…

Born: December 13, 1911, in Skedsmo, Norway     Education 1930 Examen artium (secondary school) 1933 Cand. oecon. (undergraduate degree) in Political Economy, University of Oslo 1946 Dr.phil., University of Oslo     Positions and appointments 1933 – 38 Research Assistant, Institute of Economics, University of Oslo 1938 – 39 Lecturer in Statistics, University of…