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UC Berkeley Professor Oliver Williamson wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics

Note: An HD feed of this press conference is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSYYe-x9r68

Press Conference
October 12, 2009

Williamson, the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a professor of economics in the College of Letters and Science, shares the 2009 prize with Elinor Ostrom, a professor of political science and of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Williamson was honored “for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm.” Ostrom, the first woman to win an economics Nobel, was cited “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons.”

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/12_nobel.shtml

Duration : 0:41:1


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6 Responses to “UC Berkeley Professor Oliver Williamson wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics”

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  2. Today I just saw …
    Today I just saw the Oliver’s signature on over page of a dissertation 1996 of his student, Brian Siliverman. Today is my day of Oliver Williamson!
    His markets and hierarchies surprised me during my PhD program from 1995-2002 at Montreal McGill (Mintzberg, 3M school) Management!

  3. Congrats Professor …
    Congrats Professor Williamson!! Very well deserved. Go Bears!

  4. freedominsomalia on October 16th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    or someone from the …
    or someone from the mises institute

  5. freedominsomalia on October 16th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    haha that was the …
    haha that was the best comment ive ever read on youtube :)

  6. The Nobel should go …
    The Nobel should go to Peter Shiff

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