Sunday, October 20, 2013

Interesting readings on Economics Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2013 to

  1. Eugene F. Fama
  2. Lars Peter Hansen
  3. Robert J. Shiller

Trendspotting in asset markets:
There is no way to predict the price of stocks and bonds over the next few days or weeks. But it is quite possible to foresee the broad course of these prices over longer periods, such as the next three to five years. These findings, which might seem both surprising and contradictory, were made and analyzed by this year’s Laureates, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller.

Nobel Prize winners say markets are irrational, yet efficient
Are stock markets irrational, driven by greed and fear, subject to euphoria and panic? Or are they highly efficient indicators of intrinsic value? Both, says the Nobel Prize Comittee for Economics, with no sense of contradiction.

The economics Nobel matters for India
The recent announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has gone to three extremely deserving recipients. The combination of deep economic insight and clever methodological contributions that Eugene Fama, Lars Hansen and Robert Shiller have brought to this field has revolutionized our understanding of the determinants of asset prices.

Split Nobel prize shows bubbles are worth watching
Economics is the only field in which two people can share a Nobel prize for saying opposing things.

Economists Clash on Theory, but Will Still Share the Nobel

Nobel Prize U.S. winner warns of 'bubbly' global home prices

Fama, Shiller, Hansen Win Nobel Prize for Asset-Price Work





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