Economics

Oops! NYU Says Sorry for Wrongly Saying Professor Won Nobel

‘Test’ page didn’t reflect advance information, school says
World Bank’s Romer considered candidate for economics prize

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By Christopher Condon

October 6, 2016 at 4:19 PM UTC

Updated on

October 6, 2016 at 6:55 PM UTC

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Well, that’s embarrassing.

The website for New York University’s Stern School of Business posted a statement announcing a press conference with Professor Paul Romer, currently on leave as chief economist at the World Bank, for winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in economics.