Nobel Economics: Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson

This makes Elinor Ostrom of Indian University the first woman to win this prize.

Ostrom won "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" and Williamson, of Berkeley, won "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm."

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