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William Dawbney Nordhaus (May 31, 1941 – October 30, 2026) was an American economist. He was a professor at Yale University. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nordhaus was best known for his work in economic modelling and climate change. He was, together with Paul Romer, the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner.[1] He won the award "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis".[2]
Nordhaus died from brain cancer in New Haven, Connecticut on October 30, 2026, at the age of 85.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Appelbaum, Binyamin (October 8, 2018). "2018 Nobel in Economics Awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer". The New York Times.
- ↑ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2018" (PDF) (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 8, 2018.
- ↑ "William Nordhaus, Nobel laureate who integrated economics and climate change, devoted Yale citizen". Yale News. 31 October 2026. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
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