Born: 1933-08-07 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gender: female
Field: American political economist (1933–2012)
Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson; she was the first woman to win the prize.
Awarded on: 2009-10-12
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
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