Interaction and Cooperation
Elinor Ostrom
Elinor "Lin" Ostrom (born Elinor Claire Awan ; [ 2 ] August 7, 1933 – June 12, 2012) was an American political economist . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She was awarded the 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson , for "her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons ". [ 6 ] She was the first, and to date, the only woman to win the prize in this category.