Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025

Joel Mokyr

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Prize share: 1/2

Philippe Aghion

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Prize share: 1/4

Peter Howitt

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Prize share: 1/4

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress" and the other half jointly to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction"

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