Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

American  

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noun

1. an annual award for uncommon excellence in economics, established in 1968 by the central bank of Sweden in memory of Alfred B. Nobel: presented along with the Nobel Prizes and commonly but unofficially called the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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Example Sentences

He was one of last year's winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, for his work on the struggles facing low-income economies, and in particular their home-grown businesses.

From BBC

Claudia Goldin, an economic historian at Harvard University, this week won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her influential work identifying the driving forces behind women’s unequal participation in the workforce.

From Science Magazine

This year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences goes to Claudia Goldin of Harvard University, for research that reveals the driving forces behind gender differences in earnings and employment rates.

From Science Magazine

In awarding the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1995 to Professor Lucas, the fifth winner in economics from the University of Chicago in six years, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences described him as “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970.”

From New York Times

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chair, and two other economists for research on banks and “how society deals with financial crises.”

From New York Times