Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win the Nobel Prize in Economics for studying the microfoundations in macroeconomic stabilization
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards his work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization
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- American economists Robert E.
- Hall and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for their study of the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Economics annually.
The mystery revealed. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics has gone to American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, as announced this Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This award is recognized, as they have explained, for their work studying "the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization", that is, for analyzing how fiscal and monetary policies can help stabilize fluctuations in the economy.
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