þÿ<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=Title content="The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Laureates"> <meta name=Keywords content=""> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="ex8a_files/filelist.xml"> <title>The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Laureates</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>Steve Pease</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>Alexander Carlin</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>2</o:Revision> <o:LastPrinted>2005-03-24T21:48:00Z</o:LastPrinted> <o:Created>2005-06-05T22:47:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2005-06-05T22:47:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>928</o:Words> <o:Characters>5290</o:Characters> <o:Company> Deucalion Securities, Inc.</o:Company> <o:Lines>44</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>10</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>6496</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.256</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:CustomDocumentProperties> <o:_AdHocReviewCycleID dt:dt="float">469735209</o:_AdHocReviewCycleID> <o:_EmailSubject dt:dt="string">Exhibits</o:_EmailSubject> <o:_AuthorEmail dt:dt="string">spease@vom.com</o:_AuthorEmail> <o:_AuthorEmailDisplayName dt:dt="string">Steve Pease</o:_AuthorEmailDisplayName> </o:CustomDocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- * { line-height: 1em; } /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in .7in 1.0in .9in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:459.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b>The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic </b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></b></span><span style='mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b>Exhibit 8a</b></span><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b> </b></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b><u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span>Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel  Laureates<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:459.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:459.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b>2004 </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'>Finn E. Kydland, Edward C. Prescott<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:459.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b>2003 </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'>Robert F. Engle III, Clive W. J. Granger<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:459.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2002/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>2002</b></span></a> <b><u>Daniel Kahneman (1)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Vernon L. Smith<br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2001/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>2001</b></span></a> <b><u>George A. Akerlof (1)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, A. Michael Spence, <b><u>Joseph E. Stiglitz (3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2000/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>2000</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2000/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>James J. Heckman, Daniel L. McFadden</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1999/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1999</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1999/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Robert A. Mundell</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1998/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1998</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1998/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Amartya Sen</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1997/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1997</b></span></a> <b><u>Robert C. Merton</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (6), <b><u>Myron S. Scholes (2)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1996/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1996</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1996/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>James A. Mirrlees, William Vickrey</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1995/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1995</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1995/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Robert E. Lucas Jr.</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1994/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1994</b></span></a> <b><u>John C. Harsanyi (1)(3)(4)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'>, John F. Nash Jr., <b><u>Reinhard Selten (1)(4)(5)(6) </u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1993/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1993</b></span></a> <b><u>Robert W. Fogel (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'>, Douglass C. North<br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1992/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1992</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1992/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Gary S. Becker</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1991/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1991</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1991/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Ronald H. Coase</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1990/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1990</b></span></a> <b><u>Harry M. Markowitz (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'>, <b><u>Merton H. Miller (1)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, William F. Sharpe<br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1989/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1989</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1989/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Trygve Haavelmo</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1988/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1988</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1988/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Maurice Allais</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1987/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1987</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1987/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Robert M. Solow</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1986/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1986</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1986/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>James M. Buchanan Jr.</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1985/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1985</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1985/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Franco Modigliani</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1984/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1984</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1984/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Richard Stone</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1983/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1983</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1983/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Gerard Debreu</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1982/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1982</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1982/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>George J. Stigler</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1981/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1981</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1981/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>James Tobin</span></a><br> <a name=1980></a><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1980/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1980</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1980/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Lawrence R. Klein</span></a> (1)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1979/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1979</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1979/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Theodore W. Schultz, Sir Arthur Lewis</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1978/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1978</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1978/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Herbert A. Simon</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(4)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1977/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1977</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1977/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Bertil Ohlin, James E. Meade</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1976/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1976</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1976/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Milton Friedman</span></a> (2)(3)(4)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1975/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1975</b></span></a> <b><u>Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Tjalling C. Koopmans <br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1974/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1974</b></span></a> Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich August von Hayek<br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1973/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1973</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1973/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Wassily Leontief</span></a> (1)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1972/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1972</b></span></a> John R. Hicks, <b><u>Kenneth J. Arrow (1)(2)(3)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt'><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1971/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1971</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1971/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Simon Kuznets</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1970/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1970</b></span></a> <b><u><a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1970/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>Paul A. Samuelson</span></a> (1)(2)(3)(5)(6)</u></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br> <a href="http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1969/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><b>1969</b></span></a> Ragnar Frisch<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(2), Jan Tinbergen<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Notes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>For Laureates identified as Jewish, the parenthetical numbers after their name indicates the source:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>(1) is the website jewho.com  section on Nobels for 2002 or the pages devoted to Economics. (2) is the book The Nobel Prize  by Burton Feldman. (3) is the US-Israel.org web site (4) is the web site yahoodi.com . (5) is the book Nobel Laureates 1901  2000 by Alan Symons and (6) is the web site jinfo.org <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>For purposes of this book, the tally used in the text and tables includes only Jews identified as such by more than a single source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Thus of the above list, 20 are Jews by that standard but Robert Merton and Ragnar Frisch are not included in that tally.</span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>