Synopses & Reviews
Below is a list of the prizewinners during the period 1996 -- 2000 with a description of the works which won them their prizes:
(1996) J A Mirrlees & W Vickrey -- for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information; (1997) R C Merton & M S Scholes -- for a new method to determine the value of derivatives; (1998) A Sen -- for his contributions to welfare economics; (1999) R A Mundell -- for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas; (2000) J J Heckman -- for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples & D L McFadden -- for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice.
Table of Contents
1996. James A. Mirrlees and William S. Vickrey -- 1997. Robert C. Merton and Myron A. Scholes -- 1998. Amartya K. Sen -- 1999. Robert A. Mundell -- 2000. James J. Heckman and Daniel L. McFadden.