Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while James A. Robinson conducts his ...

Their studies have shown the importance of giving people a real democratic voice for countries’ economic survival, the Nobel ...

The three economists, who will share the 11 million Swedish Kronor (US $1 million) prize for their findings, researched the impact of European colonization on various countries’ economies.

The Nobel Prizes, awarded since 1901, are famously unequal, reflecting how women have been overshadowed by men in science for ...

Acemoglu, who was born in Istanbul, and Johnson, who was born in the U.K., are professors of economics at the Massachusetts ...

Three economists who have studied why some countries are rich and others poor won the Nobel prize in economics. STOCKHOLM (AP ...

The long-lasting impact of Europe’s former empires on growth forms the basis of research by three U.S.-based academics who will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics.

This year’s winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, usually called the Nobel ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 2024, ...