Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
The Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is the prize committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and fills the same role as the Nobel Committees do for the Nobel Prizes. This means that the Committee is responsible for proposing laureates for the Prize. The Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of economics or related subjects who are members of the Academy, although the Academy in principle could appoint anyone to the Committee. Two of the members of the founding committee as well as later members of the committee had also been associated with the Mont Pelerin Society.
The Committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the Prize is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Social Sciences.
Current
Members of the 2018 Prize Committee
- Per Strömberg, Chairman
- Jakob Svensson
- Tomas Sjöström
- Peter Gärdenfors
- Per Krusell
- Eva Mörk
Secretary to the 2018 Prize Committee
- Torsten Persson
Former
Secretaries
- , 1969–1985
- Karl-Göran Mäler, 1986–1987
- Lars E. O. Svensson, 1991–1992
- Torsten Persson, 1993–2001
- Peter Englund, 2002––2013
- Torsten Persson, 2014–
Former members
- Bengt-Christer Ysander, 1991–1992
- Lars E. O. Svensson, 1993–2002
- Lennart Jörberg,
- Karl Gustav Jöreskog, 1995–2001
- Torsten Persson, 1995–2004
- Lars Engwall,
- Jakob Svensson,
| Name | Years | Affiliation |
| Jörgen Weibull | 1998–2007 Chairman 2004–2007 | A.O. Wallenberg Professor of Economics Stockholm School of Economics |
| Peter Englund | 1993–1995 Secretary 1996–1997, 2002– | Professor of Banking and Insurance Stockholm School of Economics |
| Lars Calmfors | 1996–1998, 2003–2007 | Professor of International Economics Stockholm University |
| Bertil Näslund | 1999 | Professor Stockholm School of Economics |
| Per Krusell | 2003– Adjunct member 2003–2004 | Professor of Economics Princeton University |
| Karl-Gustaf Löfgren | 2002–2007 Associate member 1993–1995 | Professor of Economics Umeå University |
| Timo Teräsvirta | 2003?- | Professor of Economic Statistics Stockholm School of Economics Professor of Econometrics School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus |
| Bertil Holmlund | Adjunct member 1998–2001, 2005–2006 Chairman 2008 | Professor of Economics Uppsala University |