Economics Nobel Predictor 2007: Part 1

九月快結束了! 而十月中，就要公布諾貝爾經濟學獎的得主。有哪一些人有機會得呢?

Thomson Scientific 預測今年這幾位經濟學家有機會:

Elhanan Helpman Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade Harvard University Cambridge, Mass., USA Emeritus Professor Department of
Economics Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Gene M. Grossman Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics Princeton University Princeton, N.J., USA Professor, Department of Economics Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton, N.J., USA
For their contributions to international trade and economic growth.

Robert B. Wilson Adams Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford University Stanford, Calif., USA
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Paul R. Milgrom Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities, Department of Economics Stanford University Stanford, Calif., USA
For their work, both theoretical and practical, on the mechanism of auctions.

Jean Tirole Scientific Director, Institute of Industrial Economics University of Social Sciences Toulouse, France Affiliated research member of CERAS Paris, France For his research in industrial organization and regulation.

我認為這幾位經濟學家都應得獎，但是應該不是今年得。例如，Jean Tirole 在 industrial organization 跟 contract theory 上有卓越的貢獻，但是論得獎還早了一點。而 Milgrom 與 Wilson 若要拿獎，很難不包含 Krebs 跟 Roberts，號稱 "The gang of four." Helpman 也一樣，講到 international trade，很難想像 Bhagwati 還沒有拿到，所以 Helpman 可能還太早 (不然就是一起得)。

從今天起我每幾天，都會介紹一位我認為有機會得獎的經濟學家。