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Year Name Birth Date Nationality
2010 Peter Diamond 1940- American
  Dale Mortensen 1939- American
  Christopher Pissarides 1948- Cypriot
2009 Elinor Ostrom  1933-  American
Oliver Williamson  1932-  American
2008 Paul R. Krugman  1953-  American
2007 Leonid Hurwicz  1917-2008  Russian
Eric S. Maskin  1950-  American
   Roger B. Myerson  1951-  American
2006 Edmund Phelps  1933-  American
2005 Thomas Schelling  1921-  American
Robert J. Aumann  1930-  Israeli and American
2004 Edward C. Prescott  1940-  American
Finn E. Kydland  1943-  Norwegian
2003 Clive W.J. Granger  1934-2009  British
Robert F. Engle  1942-  American
2002 Vernon L. Smith  1927-  American
Daniel Kahneman  1934-  Israeli
2001 George A. Akerlof  1940-  American
A. Michael Spence  1943-  American
Joseph E. Stiglitz  1943-  American
2000 James J. Heckman  1944-  American
Daniel L. McFadden  1937-  American
1999 Robert A. Mundell  1932-  Canadian
1998 Amartya Sen  1933-  Indian
1997 Robert C. Merton  1944-  American
Myron S. Scholes  1941-  American
1996 James A. Mirrlees  1936-  British
William S. Vickrey  1914-1996  American
1995 Robert E. Lucas, Jr.  1937-  American
1994 John C. Harsanyi  1920-2000  American (born Hungary)
John F. Nash  1928-  American
Reinhard Selten  1930-  German
1993 Robert W. Fogel  1926-  American
Douglass C. North  1920-  American
1992 Gary S. Becker  1930-  American
1991 Ronald H. Coase  1910-  American (British-born)
1990 Harry M. Markowitz  1927-  American
Merton H. Miller  1923-2000  American
William F. Sharpe  1938-  American
1989 Trygve Haavelmo  1911-1999  Norwegian
1988 Maurice Allais  1911-  French
1987 Robert M. Solow  1924-  American
1986 James M. Buchanan, Jr.  1919-  American
1985 Franco Modigliani  1918-2003  American (born Italy)
1984 Sir Richard Stone  1913-1991  British
1983 Gerard Debreu  1921-2004  American (born France)
1982 George J. Stigler  1911-1991  American
1981 James Tobin  1918-2002  American
1980 Lawrence R. Klein  1920-  American
1979 Theodore W. Schultz  1902-1998  American
Sir Arthur Lewis  1915-1991  West Indian
1978 Herbert A. Simon  1916-2001  American
1977 James E. Meade  1907-1995  British
Bertil Ohlin  1899-1979  Swedish
1976 Milton Friedman  1912-2006  American
1975 Leonid V. Kantorovich  1912-1986  Russian
Tjalling C. Koopmans  1910-1985  American (born Netherlands)
1974 Gunnar Myrdal  1898-1987  Swedish
Friedrich A. von Hayek  1899-1992  British (born Austria)
1973 Wassily Leontief  1906-1999  American (Russian-born)
1972 Kenneth J. Arrow  1921-  American
John R. Hicks  1904-1989  British
1971 Simon Kuznets  1901-1985  American (Russian-born)
1970 Paul A. Samuelson  1915-  American
1969 Ragnar Frisch  1895-1973  Norwegian
Jan Tinbergen  1903-1994  Dutch