The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded 58 times to 101 laureates between 1969 and 2026.
2020s
| Year |
Laureate(s) |
Why the Prize Was Awarded |
| 2026 |
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford |
“for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” |
| 2025 |
Joel Mokyr |
“for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” |
| 2025 |
Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt |
“for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction” |
| 2024 |
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson |
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity” |
| 2023 |
Claudia Goldin |
“for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes” |
| 2022 |
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig |
“for research on banks and financial crises” |
| 2021 |
David Card |
“for his empirical contributions to labour economics” |
| 2021 |
Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens |
“for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships” |
| 2020 |
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson |
“for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats” |
2010s
| Year |
Laureate(s) |
Why the Prize Was Awarded |
| 2019 |
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer |
“for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” |
| 2018 |
William D. Nordhaus |
“for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” |
| 2018 |
Paul M. Romer |
“for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis” |
| 2017 |
Richard H. Thaler |
“for his contributions to behavioural economics” |
| 2016 |
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström |
“for their contributions to contract theory” |
| 2015 |
Angus Deaton |
“for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare” |
| 2014 |
Jean Tirole |
“for his analysis of market power and regulation” |
| 2013 |
Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller |
“for their empirical analysis of asset prices” |
| 2012 |
Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley |
“for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design” |
| 2011 |
Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims |
“for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy” |
| 2010 |
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides |
“for their analysis of markets with search frictions” |
2000s
| Year |
Laureate(s) |
Why the Prize Was Awarded |
| 2009 |
Elinor Ostrom |
“for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” |
| 2009 |
Oliver E. Williamson |
“for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm” |
| 2008 |
Paul Krugman |
“for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity” |
| 2007 |
Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson |
“for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory” |
| 2006 |
Edmund S. Phelps |
“for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy” |
| 2005 |
Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling |
“for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis” |
| 2004 |
Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott |
“for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles” |
| 2003 |
Robert F. Engle III |
“for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)” |
| 2003 |
Clive W.J. Granger |
“for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends (cointegration)” |
| 2002 |
Daniel Kahneman |
“for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty” |
| 2002 |
Vernon L. Smith |
“for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms” |
| 2001 |
George A. Akerlof, A. Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz |
“for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information” |
| 2000 |
James J. Heckman |
“for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples” |
| 2000 |
Daniel L. McFadden |
“for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice” |
1990s
| Year |
Laureate(s) |
Why the Prize Was Awarded |
| 1999 |
Robert Mundell |
“for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas” |
| 1998 |
Amartya Sen |
“for his contributions to welfare economics” |
| 1997 |
Robert C. Merton and Myron Scholes |
“for a new method to determine the value of derivatives” |
| 1996 |
James A. Mirrlees and William Vickrey |