Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

The Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is the prize committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , accessed 2010-05-28 and fills the same role as the Nobel Committees do for the Nobel Prizes. This means that the committee is responsible for proposing laureates for the prize.Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Prize in Economics, accessed 2010-06-19 The Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of economics or related subjects who are members of the academy, although the academy in principle could appoint anyone to the committee. Two of the members of the founding committee as well as later members of the committee had also been associated with the Mont Pelerin Society.

The committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the prize is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the academy's Class for Social Sciences.

Current

Members of the 2018 Prize Committee

Per Strömberg, Chairman Jakob Svensson Tomas Sjöström Peter Gärdenfors Per Krusell Eva Mörk

Secretary to the 2018 Prize Committee

The secretary takes part in Prize Committee meetings but cannot vote (by right). Unless, however, he or she has also been appointed as a Prize Committee full member—which entails the right to vote. (On a number of occasions, individuals have held both appointments.)

Torsten Persson

Former

Secretaries

, 1969–1985 Karl-Göran Mäler, 1986–1987 Lars E. O. Svensson, 1991–1992 Torsten Persson, 1993–2001 Peter Englund, 2002––2013 Torsten Persson, 2014–

Former members +Economics Prize Committee members from 1969 to 1984 Name Years AffiliationBertil Ohlin Chairman 1969–1974Stockholm School of EconomicsErik Lundberg 1969–1979 Chairman 1975–1979Associate member 1980–Stockholm School of EconomicsIngvar Svennilson 1969–1971Stockholm UniversityHerman Wold 1969–1980University of Uppsala University of GothenburgAssar Lindbeck 1969–1994 Chairman 1980–1994Stockholm UniversityRagnar Bentzel 1975–1990 Secretary 1969–1980, 1982–University of UppsalaSune Carlson 1972–1979 Associate member 1980–University of UppsalaLars Werin 1980–1991, 1995 Secretary 1981Associate member 1975–1979Stockholm UniversityIngemar Ståhl 1981–1994University of LundKarl-Göran Mäler 1982–1994Stockholm School of Economics

Bengt-Christer Ysander, 1991–1992 Lars E. O. Svensson, 1993–2002 (chairman 1999–2002) Lennart Jörberg, (associate member 1993) Karl Gustav Jöreskog, 1995–2001 Torsten Persson, 1995–2004 (chairman 2003–2004, also secretary) Lars Engwall, (associate member 2003–2008) Jakob Svensson, (associate member 2008)

+Economics Prize Committee members from 1998 to 2008 Name Years AffiliationJörgen Weibull 1998–2007 Chairman 2004–2007 A.O. Wallenberg Professor of EconomicsStockholm School of EconomicsPeter Englund 1993–1995 Secretary 1996–1997, 2002– Professor of Banking and InsuranceStockholm School of EconomicsLars Calmfors 1996–1998, 2003–2007 Professor of International EconomicsStockholm UniversityBertil Näslund 1999 ProfessorStockholm School of EconomicsPer Krusell 2003– Adjunct member 2003–2004 Professor of EconomicsPrinceton UniversityKarl-Gustaf Löfgren 2002–2007 Associate member 1993–1995 Professor of EconomicsUmeå UniversityTimo Teräsvirta 2002–2010 Professor of Economic Statistics (emeritus)Stockholm School of Economics Professor of EconometricsSchool of Economics and Management, University of AarhusBertil Holmlund Adjunct member 1998–2001, 2005–2006 Chairman 2008 Professor of Economics Uppsala University

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