Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for “having explained ...

Three economists were awarded the Nobel Prize Monday for their research into how the nature of institutions helps explain why some countries become rich and others remain poor. Daron Acemoglu, Simon ...

STOCKHOLM(AP) — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt win Nobel economics prize for explaining innovation-driven economic growth.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining innovation-driven economic growth Professor John Hassler, from left, Hans Ellegren, Permanent ...