Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2005 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling, presented by Professor Gunnar Öquist, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 10 October 2005.

A presentation of the prize-awarded work was held by Professor Jörgen Weibull.


Interview

The announcement was followed by an interview with Professor Tore Ellingsen about the 2005 Economics Laureates. Interviewer is Ragnar Roos, freelance journalist.

 

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