Preface

About the Editor and Contributors

The Economics Nobel Prize at a Glance (1969-1999)

The Nobel Prize in Economics: A Brief Overview

Abu N. M. Wahid

Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973): A Founding Father of Econometrics and a Laureate of 1969

Lewis L. Laska

Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994): Who Integrated Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics and Was a Laureate of 1969

M. Mahabub-ul-Islam

Paul Samuelson (1915- ): An Economist's Economist and the Laureate of 1970

Derek P.J. Hum

Simon Kuznets (1901-1985): An Originator of the National Income Accounting Method and the Laureate of 1971

M. Mahabub-ul-Islam

Kenneth Arrow (1921- ): The Father of the Arrow's Impossibility Theorem and a Laureate of 1972

Shamim Shakur

John Hicks (1904-1989): An Architect of the Famous IS-LM Framework and a Laureate of 1972

Shamim Shakur

Wassily Leontief (1906-1999): The Founder of Input-Output Analysis and the Laureate of 1973

Lorenzo Garbo

Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992): Who Combined Psychology, Physiology, Philosophy, and Economics and Was a Laureate of 1974

Mussaddeq Chowdhury

Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987): An Economist, a Social Thinker, a Politician, and a Laureate of 1974

S. Hussain Ali Jafri

Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986): A Pioneer of the Theory of Optimum Resource Allocation and a Laureate of 1975

Khashruzzaman Choudhury

Tjalling Koopmans (1910-1985): The Originator of Activity Analysis and a Laureate of 1975

Abul Hasnat Dewan

Milton Friedman (1912- ): The Leader of the Monetarist School of Thought and the Laureate of 1976

Muhammad Mustafa

James Meade (1907-1995): A Pioneer of the Theory of the Second Best and a Laureate of 1977

Khashruzzaman Choudhury

Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979): A Co-founder of the Celebrated Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem of Factor Endowment and a Laureate of 1977

Khashruzzaman Choudhury

Abu N. M. Wahid

Herbert Simon (1916-2001): One of the Most Versatile Talents of the Twentieth Century and the Laureate of 1978

Sajjad Zahir

Abu N. M. Wahid

Arthur Lewis (1915-1991): The Founder of the Theory of Unlimited Supplies of Labor and a Laureate of 1979

Mohammed Sharif

Theodore Schultz (1902-1998): An Expert on Agricultural Economics and Human Capital Theories and a Laureate of 1979

Baker A. Siddiquee

Faridul Islam

Lawrence Klein (1920- ): A Giant of Econometric Modeling and the Laureate of 1980

Akhter Faroque

James Tobin (1918- ): An Architect of the Portfolio Selection Theory and the Laureate of 1981

Abdur R. Chowdhury

George Stigler (1911-1991): An Authority on the Economics of Regulations and Industrial Organization and the Laureate of 1982

Mahbub Ullah

Gerard Debreu (1921- ): A Brilliant Mathematician and a Frontiersman of the Theory of the Existence of Equilibrium and the Laureate of 1983

Masudul A. Choudhury

Richard Stone (1913-1991): A Specialist of the Consumer Demand Theories and Empirical Modeling and the Laureate of 1984

Salah Uddin Ahmed

Franco Modigliani (1918- ): A Founder of the Life Cycle Hypothesis and the Laureate of 1985

Moazzem Hossain

James Buchanan (1919- ): A Pioneer of Public Economics and the Laureate of 1986

Minh Q. Dao

Robert Solow (1924- ): A Founder of the Modern Growth Theories and the Laureate of 1987

B. Mak Arvin

Marisa A. Scigliano

Maurice Allais (1911- ): An Applied Microtheorist and the Laureate of 1988

Bruce Cater

A. Eric Kam

Trygve Haavelmo (1911-1999): A Founder of the Simultaneous Equations System and the Laureate of 1989

Abu N. M. Wahid

Baker A. Siddiquee

Harry Markowitz (1927- ): A Founding Father of the Modern Portfolio Theory and a Laureate of 1990

John M. Hasty

Merton Miller (1923-2000): A Guru of Corporate Finance and a Laureate of 1990

Syed M. Harun

M. Kabir Hassan

William Sharpe (1934- ): A Founder of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and a Laureate of 1990

Linda L. Carr

Ronald Coase (1910- ): A Pioneer of the Economics of Property Rights and the Economics of Law and the Laureate of 1991

Saud A. Choudhry

Gary Becker (1930- ): A Champion of the Economics of Household, Marriage, and Divorce and the Laureate of 1992

Mobinul Huq

Robert Fogel (1926- ): An Originator of ``Cliometrics'' and a Laureate of 1993

Abu N.M. Wahid

Douglass North (1920- ): A Pioneer of the Economics of Institutions and a Laureate of 1993

Norman Schofield

John Harsanyi (1920-2000): A Master of Rational Behavior and Bargaining in Games and a Laureate of 1994

Irwin Lipnowski

John Nash (1928- ): A Discoverer of the Nash Equilibrium and a Laureate of 1994

Halima Qureshi

Hasina Mohyuddin

Reinhard Selten (1930- ): Who Refines the Concept of Equilibrium and Is a Laureate of 1994

Irwin Lipnowski

Robert Lucas Jr. (1937- ): A Pioneer of the New Classical School of Thought and the Laureate of 1995

Faridul Islam

Norman D. Gardner

James Mirrlees (1936- ): An Authority on Information Economics and a Laureate of 1996

Hollis F. Price

A.K. Enamul Haque

William Vickrey (1914-1996): An Expert on Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection and a Laureate of 1996

M. Muin Uddin

Robert Merton (1944- ): A Solver of the Option Pricing Model and a Laureate of 1997

Ihsan Isik

M. Kabir Hassan

Myron Scholes (1941- ): An Applied Financial Economist and a Laureate of 1997

Ihsan Isik

M. Kabir Hassan

Amartya Sen (1933- ): A Champion of Welfare Economics and Poverty Studies and the Laureate of 1998

Faridul Islam

Ian K. Wilson

Norman D. Gardner

Robert Mundell (1932- ): Who Offers Consensual Frameworks for Continuing Controversies and Is the Laureate of 1999

James W. Dean

Index