The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2000

James J. Heckman

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Prize share: 1/2

Daniel L. McFadden

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Prize share: 1/2

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2000 was divided equally between James J. Heckman "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples" and Daniel L. McFadden "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice"

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