NBER researchers share nobel prize in economics.

• Position: Bureau News - Joseph E. Stiglitz

NBER Research Associate Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University, NBER Director George A. Akerlof of the University of California, Berkeley, and former NBER researcher A. Michael Spence of Stanford University will share the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Stiglitz has been affiliated with the NBER since 1978 and is a member of the Programs in Public Economics and Economic Fluctuations and Growth. Akerlof was elected to the NBER's Board of Directors in 1996, representing the University of California, Berkeley. He had earlier been an NBER Research Associate. Spence is an emeritus professor at Stanford University and is currently a partner in a venture capital firm. He also was an NBER researcher at one time.

All three were awarded the...