Oliver Hart and the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge

Professor Oliver Hart wins economics Nobel Prize

10 October 2016

Professor Oliver Hart, a former undergraduate聽at King鈥檚 College (1966), and a former Fellow of Churchill College, has been jointly awarded the 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, along with Bengt Holmstr枚m of MIT聽for their work in the field of contracts.

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Professor Angus Deaton

Cambridge alumnus awarded Nobel economics prize

12 October 2015

Professor Angus Deaton, a graduate and Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, 探花直播 of Cambridge, has been awarded 探花直播Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015.

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Cooperation

Cooperative communities emerge in transparent social networks

09 March 2015

An online experiment reveals that the overall level of cooperation in a group almost doubles when the previous actions of all its members are rendered transparent. When all social connections within the group are also made transparent, the most cooperative band together to form their own community 鈥 ostracizing the less cooperative.

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El Ni帽o waves crash into a pier

Study reveals economic impact of El Ni帽o

11 July 2014

El Ni帽o has a significant impact on the world and local economies - and not always for the worst - and countries should plan ahead to mitigate its effects, according to a new Working Paper from the 探花直播 of Cambridge.

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