Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010

Peter A. Diamond

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Prize share: 1/3

Dale T. Mortensen

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Prize share: 1/3

Christopher A. Pissarides

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Prize share: 1/3

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010 was awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions"

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