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Nobel prize in economics: Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmström win for contributions to contract theory

FP Staff • October 10, 2016, 15:56:32 IST
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The Nobel Economics Prize 2016 was awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for “their contributions to contract theory.”

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Nobel prize in economics: Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmström win for contributions to contract theory

The Nobel Economics Prize 2016 was awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for “their contributions to contract theory” on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_3043828” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Sketch of Nobel Economics Prize winner Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Facebook Sketch of Nobel Economics Prize winner Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Facebook[/caption] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says their theories “are valuable to the understanding of real-life contracts and institutions, as well as potential pitfalls in contract design.” “This year’s laureates have developed contract theory, a comprehensive framework for analysing many diverse issues in contractual design, like performance-based pay for top executives, deductibles and co-pays in insurance, and the privatisation of public-sector activities,” the jury said. Their groundbreaking work has laid “an intellectual foundation” for designing policies and institutions in many areas, from bankruptcy legislation to political constitutions. Hart, born in 1948, is an economics professor at Harvard University in the United States, while Holmstrom is a professor of economics and management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The pair will share the eight million kronor (826,000 euros, $924,000) prize. However, previous speculation had claimed the World Bank’s new chief economist was among those tipped to win the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, as the awards season moves into a second week. The economics prize is unique among the Nobel awards in that it was created by the Swedish central bank in 1968 — the others were all set up through the 1895 will of Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel. This year, economists working on growth and labour markets were among those vying for the prize,  announced on Monday at 11:45 am (0945 GMT). The committee has a tendency to honour pairs or trios of economists, although last year a single laureate, US-British researcher Angus Deaton, was chosen for his groundbreaking work on poverty. The economics prize is the fifth of the six Nobel prizes to be announced this year. Last week, the awards for medicine, physics, and chemistry were announced, as well as the peace prize, which went to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end a half-century war with the FARC rebels. The final prize, for literature, will be announced Thursday. For that award, the Swedish Academy could tap a superstar novelist such as Philip Roth of the US or Haruki Murakami of Japan, or a lesser-known writer such as Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse or Syrian poet Adonis. The Nobel prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and cheque for eight million Swedish kronor (828,000 euros, $928,000), which the laureates will receive at a ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December.

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