Gallery of Nobel laureates
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Bengt Holmström, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, upon receiving the Nobel Prize, December 10, 2016, at the Konserthuset, Stockholm. Photo © Nobel Media AB 2016
The following faculty and former faculty of the MIT SHASS Department of Economics have been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
2021 | Joshua AngristFord Professor of Economics; Director, Blueprint Lab
Angrist was cited for his work establishing new methods of conducting “natural experiments” in economics — studies using data in which otherwise similar groups of people are separated by crucial variables, allowing researchers to better understand cause and effect in complex social situations. Natural experiments, as the Nobel citation states, are “a rich source of knowledge. Their research has substantially improved our ability to answer key causal questions, which has been of great benefit to society.” Angrist is honored along with David Card and Guido Imbens.
Coverage in The New York Times
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2019 | Abhijit Banerjee and Esther DufloProfessors, Economics; Directors, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
MIT professors Banerjee and Duflo, whose work has transformed poverty alleviation research and policy, won the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, sharing the prize with a longtime affiliate, economist Michael Kremer of Harvard. In their work, they have applied the precision of laboratory-style randomized control trials while examining the many attributes of poverty and developing effective poverty alleviation programs.
Video: Press Conference at MIT
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2016 | Bengt Holmström
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2014 | Jean Tirole
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2010 | Peter Diamond
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2008 | Paul Krugman
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1987 | Robert Solow
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1985 | Franco Modigliani
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1970 | Paul Samuelson
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For a list of MIT Nobel laureates in all fields visit the Institutional Research website. |