Israeli Wins Nobel Prize

Israeli citizen and Princeton University professor Daniel Kahaneman yesterday became the first Israeli to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The Nobel Committee chose to honor Kahaneman for his unique achievement in applying psychological theories to economic principals.

Oct 10, 2002, 11:35 AM (GMT+2)

Israeli citizen and Princeton University professor Daniel Kahaneman yesterday became the first Israeli to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The Nobel Committee chose to honor Kahaneman for his unique achievement in applying psychological theories to economic principals. Kahaneman becomes the fifth Israeli Nobel Laureate since the founding of the state. The others were Shmuel Yosef Agnon (literature), and Prime Ministers Begin, Rabin and Peres (peace).