Hello, the following book might be helpful to your project: Horn, Karen I. (2009): Roads to Wisdom. Conversations with ten Nobel laureates in economics Cheltenham: E. Elgar Best regards! Stefan Kolev --- Stefan Kolev Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI) Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) Zweigniederlassung Thüringen c/o Thüringer Aufbaubank Gorkistraße 9 99084 Erfurt Tel +49 (0) 361-7447-109 Fax +49 (0) 361-7447-454 Mobil + 49 (0) 179-1257576 Internet: www.hwwi.org Email: [log in to unmask] Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB 94303 Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar, Gunnar Geyer Umsatzsteuer-ID: DE 241849425 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Humberto Barreto Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2011 14:03 An: [log in to unmask] Betreff: [SHOE] QUERY -- Nobel laureates first-person accounts The request for help below is from Paul Grimes <[log in to unmask]>. -- Humberto Barreto Colleagues - Bill Becker, Brent Evans and I are revising a paper which we presented earlier this month at the AEA's teaching conference at Stanford. The paper concerns the motivations which led eminent economists into the profession. Our sample is missing several Nobel Laureates. We are looking for first-person accounts as to why they decided to study economics in college and why they decided to pursue economics as a profession. After checking all the familiar and commonly cited sources (such as the official Nobel biographies) we did not locate enough good information to answer these questions for the following group: Haavelmo, Trygve Hicks, Sir John Miller, Merton Mundell, Robert Spence, Michael Vickrey, William Diamond, Peter Mortensen, Dale Pissarides, Christopher If anyone on the list is aware of a solid source of a first-person account from any of these individuals, your help in pointing us in the right direction will be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!! Paul