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Opinion

Market ideology behind the economics prize?

'The Nobel Factor' fails in its efforts to show how the economics prize contributed to the larger ideological turn towards free-markets during these years

4 min read17 Oct 2016
Opinion

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström’s impressive body of work

Nobel laureates Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrm have given simple and elegant models enabling us to answer some of the fundamental economic questions

4 min read14 Oct 2016
Opinion

Contract theory’s insight into the financial crisis

In the financial sector, participants have not always been able to design optimal contracts

4 min read13 Oct 2016
Industry

Nobel winner says CEO pay too complex, echoing investor gripe

Nobel prize winner Bengt Holmstrom says that there should be a robust plan for pay packages that don't change every year

1 min read12 Oct 2016
Opinion

Why the 2016 economics Nobel for contract theory really matters

Contracts design defines our incentives in various situations in the real world. The works of Nobel laureates Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom provide valuable insights

3 min read11 Oct 2016
Education

Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmstrom win Nobel Prize for Economics

UK-born Oliver Hart and Finland-born Bengt Holmstrom win the Nobel Economics Prize for their contributions to contract theory

1 min read10 Oct 2016

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