Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists
> Stiglitz would have liked to get the prize for the Modigliani-Miller > theorem but that one was already taken. > Alex Stiglitz also helped develop the "Henry-George Theorem". Joseph Stiglitz, 1977, "The Theory of Local Public Goods," in Economics of Public Services. Fred Foldvary = [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
RE: 2001 Economic Nobelists
The same holds for the shared prize when the CAP-M/Portfolio gang won in 91[?] Sharpe, Markowitz & forgot the other recipient, but I know his dad is a world class sociologist. Bill in FL -Original Message- From: fabio guillermo rojas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists I've read that the Academy tends to clump together Nobelists by topic - "the game theory year" of Selten, HArsanyi and Nash, for example. Maybe somebody would take it personally, but they shoudln't. Fabio On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Bryan Caplan wrote: > In a way, isn't dividing the prize 3 ways a slap in the face to Akerlof > and Stiglitz? Stiglitz in particular, I suspect, would have preferred > not to have won this year in the hope of getting an unshared prize. > -- > Prof. Bryan Caplan >Department of Economics George Mason University > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we >ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught >books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* >thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of >light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the >lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." > --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" >
RE: 2001 Economic Nobelists
Not that reply by my name sake is quite Woody Allenesque. Who said economists don't have a sense of humor? -Original Message- From: William Dickens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists Bryan, U. A Nobel prize is a slap in the face? I'd certainly turn the other cheek! - - Bill William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/01 03:03PM >>> In a way, isn't dividing the prize 3 ways a slap in the face to Akerlof and Stiglitz? Stiglitz in particular, I suspect, would have preferred not to have won this year in the hope of getting an unshared prize. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists
I've read that the Academy tends to clump together Nobelists by topic - "the game theory year" of Selten, HArsanyi and Nash, for example. Maybe somebody would take it personally, but they shoudln't. Fabio On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Bryan Caplan wrote: > In a way, isn't dividing the prize 3 ways a slap in the face to Akerlof > and Stiglitz? Stiglitz in particular, I suspect, would have preferred > not to have won this year in the hope of getting an unshared prize. > -- > Prof. Bryan Caplan >Department of Economics George Mason University > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we >ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught >books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* >thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of >light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the >lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." > --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" >
Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists
Bryan, U. A Nobel prize is a slap in the face? I'd certainly turn the other cheek! - - Bill William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/01 03:03PM >>> In a way, isn't dividing the prize 3 ways a slap in the face to Akerlof and Stiglitz? Stiglitz in particular, I suspect, would have preferred not to have won this year in the hope of getting an unshared prize. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists
Stiglitz would have liked to get the prize for the Modigliani-Miller theorem but that one was already taken. Alex -- Dr. Alexander Tabarrok Vice President and Director of Research The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA, 94621-1428 Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2001 Economic Nobelists
In a way, isn't dividing the prize 3 ways a slap in the face to Akerlof and Stiglitz? Stiglitz in particular, I suspect, would have preferred not to have won this year in the hope of getting an unshared prize. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
2001 Economic Nobelists
Hmm..seems like I recall someone "predicting" Janet Yellen not her husband as the odds-on favorite to win this year :-) Bill Dickens [FL-based] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: well, it seems like ackerlof won! and joe stiglitz! - a good choice.
