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Apex TierEconomics

Nobel Prize in Economics

award established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank in memory of Alfred Nobel

Nobel FoundationEst. 1969AnnualAwarded every year
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110
Total Awards
110
Laureates
20
Countries
$1.0M
Prize Amount

Awards by Decade

Top Countries

Top Institutions

1
University of Chicago
16 awards
2
MIT
10 awards
3
Harvard University
8 awards
4
Princeton University
7 awards
5
Stanford University
7 awards
6
University of Californ...
6 awards
7
Independent
6 awards
8
Yale University
5 awards

Recent Laureates

110 laureates · Data complete since 1969
JM
Joel Mokyr
2025
for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress
PA
Philippe Aghion
2025
for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction
PH
Peter Howitt
2025
for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction
DA
Daron Acemoglu
2024
JA
James A. Robinson
2024
SJ
Simon Johnson
2024
DA
Daron Acemoğlu
2024
CG
Claudia Goldin
2023
BB
Ben Bernanke
2022
DD
Douglas Diamond
2022

Key Facts

Founded1969
FrequencyAnnual
Prize Amount$1,000,000
FieldEconomics
First Awarded1969
Most Recent2025

External Resources

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www.nobelprize.org
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