Nobel in economics for studies of policy, effects Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Thomas Sargent of New York University and Christopher Sims of Princeton University for their research looking at the cause-and-effect relationship between economic policy and the broader economy.
Their work uses statistical analysis to determine whether a policy change that happened in the past affected the economy or whether it was made in anticipation of events that policymakers thought would happen later. This research has....