Here are votes from some interested subset from NU Econ and Kellogg. NU and Kellogg Management and Strategy have lots of I.O. specialists and Dale Mortensen is in the Economics Department. Plus we have lots of theorists. The closest I have to a coherent story from this data is a prize for “search theory” with Diamond, Mortensen and Pissarides.
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October 7, 2010 at 5:16 pm
afinetheorem
I assume the Winter who got the vote is Sid Winter, the game theorist, not Richard Winter, who I’ve never heard of?
October 8, 2010 at 8:47 am
Sandeep Baliga
You’re right!
October 11, 2010 at 9:36 am
pll
The first names (of Nelson and Winter) are flipped in the bar chart only, but correct in the Expertly Wrapped entry.
October 11, 2010 at 6:06 am
phr
2010 Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen & Christopher A. Pissarides
October 11, 2010 at 9:10 am
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October 11, 2010 at 9:32 am
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October 11, 2010 at 11:29 am
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[…] Sandeep Baliga, a professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at the Kellogg School, predicted all three winners perfectly in a post on his blog. “The award was well deserved,” Jonathan Parker, a profess of finance at […]
October 11, 2010 at 6:22 pm
ProfDC
O Mighty Oracle,
Please tell me the winning numbers in Powerball next week. (Or the week after that would be OK, too. Whichever is more convenient.)
September 28, 2011 at 1:57 am
Ian Wilkinson
What about James March. I’ll vote for him
IanfW
October 6, 2011 at 8:05 pm
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