Douglass North was awarded Nobel Prize 1993 in Economic Sciences "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
Nationality United States
Institution Washington University, Department of Economics
Award 1993
Discipline Economic Sciences
Co-recipients Robert Fogel
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1993 in Economic Sciences "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
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