Assar Lindbeck (1985), Chairman of the Economics prize committee
Assar Lindbeck (1985), Chairman of the Economics prize committee for over a decade till the mid-1990s, employed a five-fold classification (basic economic theory, theoretical contributions concerning specific sectors, new methods of economic analysis, pure empirical research and non-formalized innovative thinking). Subsequently, Lindbeck (NFW) adopted a more generic classification (general equilibrium, macroeconomics, microeconomics, interdisciplinary research and new methods of economic analysis).
Only 12 universities have been associated with three or more awards. These include: University of Chicago, Harvard University , University of Cambridge , University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University , Princeton University , MIT , Stanford University and Yale University.
Area in Economic Sciences
- Development economics
- Economic governance
- Economic history
- Econometrics
- Financial economics
- Game theory
- Growth economics
- Information economics
- International economics
- Labour economics
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Macro econometrics
- Monetary economics
- Public economics
