The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2006

Edmund S. Phelps

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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2006 was awarded to Edmund S. Phelps "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy."

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