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Nature 419, 659 (17 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419659b

Economists honoured for experimental angle

Rory Howlett

Two researchers who put practical ideas to work in a theory-dominated discipline have netted this year's Nobel prize in economics.Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University in New Jersey integrated psychology into economics, showing how human judgement and decision-making help to shape economic processes.