Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth. ”Mokyr is from Northwestern University, Aghion from the College de France and the London School of Economics, and Howitt from Brown University. Aghion said he was shocked by the honor. “I can’t find the words to express what I feel," he said by phone to the press conference in Stockholm. He said he would invest his in...
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- Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
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