STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three Americans Monday for their research into why some countries ...

The three received the award for their work on the differences in prosperity among nations, and the role institutions play in ...

Their research centered around tracing the roots of the question: "Why are some countries poorer and others more prosperous?

A British-born economist who called Brexit “self-destructive” has won the Nobel Prize for work on colonialism and its legacy.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson shared the award for their work on explaining the gaps in prosperity between ...

Three U.S.-based economists have won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences for their work examining how institutions are ...

Prize was awarded for work on how institutions are formed and how they affect differences in prosperity.

This year’s winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, usually called the Nobel ...

Their research has provided “a much deeper understanding of the root causes of why countries fail or succeed.” ...

The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research ...