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Nobel Prize For Economics: Americans Ostrom, Williamson Win

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA, KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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WASHINGTON — One scholar studies how best to manage resources like forests, fisheries and oilfields. A fellow American looks at why some compani...

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Ostrom & Williamson's Nobel Prize "Ironic"

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Oliver Williamson, Nobel Peace Prize, Elinor Ostrom, Eugene Fama, Behavioral Economics, Business News

The odds favorite to win the Nobel, Eugene Fama, lost the prize to two other Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Ostrom & Williamson stud...

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The Nobel Prize in Inscrutability (i.e. Economics) Goes to...

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

The ability to generate a large body of work on matters whose importance are shrouded in mystery is a key attribute of all world-class economists, and Nobel laureates Ostrom and Williamson are in the vanguard.

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