Sandmo, Agnar - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 21 (2007) 4, pp. 217-228
This paper is an account of the history of Léon Walras's attempt to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1906. It describes Walras's moves to get three of his Lausanne colleagues to nominate him for the prize, the arguments advanced in the proposal, and the reception that it received by the...