Nobel Prize

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…

Maurice Allais’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1988 (in French) Majestés, Altesses Royales, Chers Collègues et Amis, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis profondément honoré par le Prix Nobel d’Economie qui vient de m’être décerné, en fait la plus haute distinction que puisse recevoir un scientifique. Quand je parcours la liste des savants prestigieux…

  Born in Paris May 31, 1911, Paris, France Education 1931-1933 Ecole Polytechnique, ranked first on graduation 1934-1936 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris 1949 University of Paris, Faculty of Science, Doctor-Engineer Academic appointments 1944 – Professor of Economics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris 1944-1970 Director, Group of Economic and Social Research, Paris 1946…

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 9, 1988 An Outline of My Main Contributions to Economic Science Pdf 3.81 MB

Robert M. Solow’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1987 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: Seven weeks have gone by since it became known that I had won this Prize. During that time I have been asked how to solve the economic problems of the United States, Norway, Sweden, the Federal…

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Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1987 Growth Theory and After I have been told that everybody has dreams, but that some people habitually forget them even before they wake up. That seems to be what happens to me. So I do not know if I have ever dreamt about giving this…

James M. Buchanan Jr.’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1986 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is, indeed, a unique experience for me, so much so that I feel very much like the blind man in the nudist camp. I am feeling my way around. More seriously, I have the…