Who are the favorites for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics

These are researchers who carry out work qualified as “Nobel class”, as evidenced by the analysis carried out by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

In this sense, among the first professionals is the American economist Carmen reinhart, who was born in Cuba and is a professor of the international financial system at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his regard, it is considered that his study on financial crises and the role of the State and the use of public debt, precisely to cope with the crises brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, makes she is one of the candidates with the most chances of winning. . . .

Joshua David AngristAn Israeli-American economist and Ford professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who has worked on labor market issues, immigration, economics of education, among others, also appears.

Another candidate, according to experts, is also the American professor David Audretsch, director of the Institute for Development Strategies at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

He is recognized “for his pioneering research on entrepreneurship, innovation and competition,” and is one of five academics appointed this year in the field of economics, according to Clarivate.

The New Zealand economist also joins David teece from the University of California, Berkeley, for his studies related to innovation, entrepreneurship and competition.

Joel mokyr, from the Netherlands, in fifth place. He is currently Professor in the Department of Economics at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Co-Director of the Northwestern Center for Economic History.

His research focuses on the economic history of Europe, with a specialization in the period from 1750 to 1914. He also questions the factors that made the industrial revolution possible.

Finally, the professor of economics and public policies Kenneth saul rogoff, from the Department of Economics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for his contributions to international macroeconomics and his knowledge of global debt and financial crises.

Among those named could include the creditor of the iconic medal, which will be presented in person on December 10 in a reduced ceremony, still affected by the pandemic.