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- Title
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND OF NOBEL LAUREATES AND THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC SCIENCE.
- Authors
Xhelili-Krasniqi, Florentina; Mustafa-Topxhiu, Rahmije
- Abstract
This paper examines how Nobel laureates' academic backgrounds relate to their economic contributions. The study covers laureates in Economics from 1969 to 2023 and reveals that 49% of laureates studied Economics at the undergraduate level, while the remaining 51% pursued other sciences. Moreover, 79% of laureates obtained their doctoral degrees in Economics and 21% in other sciences. The data also includes a breakdown of laureates' primary contributions in various fields of Economics, with the majority contributing to Macroeconomics (29%), followed by Microeconomics (15%) and Finance (14%), New Methods of Economic Analysis (19%), and General Equilibrium Theory (6%). The results further demonstrate that 17% of laureates have contributed to interdisciplinary research, establishing links between Economics and other sciences such as Psychology, History, Sociology, Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Organizational Sciences. This approach is a result of the diverse educational backgrounds of Nobel laureates.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL background; NOBEL Prize winners; DOCTORAL degree; INTERDISCIPLINARY research; MICROECONOMICS; ECONOMICS education
- Publication
Economic Studies, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 5, p186
- ISSN
0205-3292
- Publication type
Article