The Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is the prize committee for the

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, and fills the same role as the

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s do for the

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s. This means that the committee is responsible for proposing laureates for the prize.Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Prize in Economics
accessed 2010-06-19 The Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is appointed by the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...

. It usually consists of Swedish professors of economics or related subjects who are members of the academy, although the academy in principle could appoint anyone to the committee. Two of the members of the founding committee as well as later members of the committee had also been associated with the

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. The committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the prize is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the academy's Class for Social Sciences.

Current

Members of the 2018 Prize Committee

* Per Strömberg, Chairman * Jakob Svensson * Tomas Sjöström *

Peter Gärdenfors Björn ''Peter'' Gärdenfors (born 21 September 1949) is professor of cognitive science at the University of Lund, Sweden. Gärdenfors is a recipient of the Gad Rausing Prize ( Swedish: ''Rausingpriset''). He received his doctorate from Lund Un ...

* Per Krusell * Eva Mörk

Secretary to the 2018 Prize Committee

The secretary takes part in Prize Committee meetings but cannot vote (by right). Unless, however, he or she has also been appointed as a Prize Committee full member—which entails the right to vote. (On a number of occasions, individuals have held both appointments.) * Torsten Persson

Former

Secretaries

* , 1969–1985 * Karl-Göran Mäler, 1986–1987 *

Lars E. O. Svensson Lars Erik Oscar Svensson, is a Swedish economist. He was on the faculty of Princeton University 2001–2009. Since June 2014, he is Affiliated Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. Since 2009 he is Affiliated Professor at Stockholm U ...

, 1991–1992 * Torsten Persson, 1993–2001 *

Peter Englund Peter Mikael Englund (born 4 April 1957) is a Swedish author and historian. Englund writes non-fiction books and essays, often about the Swedish Empire and other historical events. He writes in a very accessible style, providing narrative deta ...

, 2002––2013 * Torsten Persson, 2014–

Former members

* Bengt-Christer Ysander, 1991–1992 *

, 1993–2002 (chairman 1999–2002) * Lennart Jörberg, (associate member 1993) *

Karl Gustav Jöreskog Karl Gustav Jöreskog (born 25 April 1935) is a Swedish statistician. Jöreskog is a Professor Emeritus at Uppsala University, and a co-author (with Dag Sörbom) of the LISREL statistical program. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Acade ...

, 1995–2001 * Torsten Persson, 1995–2004 (chairman 2003–2004, also secretary) * Lars Engwall, (associate member 2003–2008) * Jakob Svensson, (associate member 2008)

References

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