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3 Win Nobel Prize For Insight Into Differences In Prosperity Between Nations

Three economists have won this year's Nobel prize in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity".

Announcing the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said this year's laureates - Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson - have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country's prosperity.

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by Joji Xavier

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