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Did Oliver E. Williamson win the Nobel Prize for economics alone?

  • Yes

  • No, with Paul Krugman

  • No, with Elinor Ostrom

  • No, with Alvin E. Roth

Answer

Oliver E. Williamson won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2009 together with Elinor Ostrom. They were awarded the prize for their work on transaction costs and the economic governance of common resources. Williamson's work focused on the economics of firms, while Ostrom's work focused on the economics of common-pool resources.
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