The correct name is the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science which was established in 1968 by the Swedish Central Bank.
The following were awarded the prize:
1969 Ragna Frisch (Norway) Jan Tinbergen (Netherlands)
1970 Paul Samuelson (US)
1971 Simon Kuznets(born in the USSR, US)
1972 Kenneth Arrow (US ) John Hicks (Britain)
1973 Wassily Leontief (born in the USSR, US)
1974 Friedrich von Hayek( Britain), Gunnar Myrdal( Sweden)
1975 Leonid Kantorovich (Soviet Union),Tjalling Koopmans (Born in the Netherlands, US)
1976 Milton Friedman (US)
1977 James Meade( Britain) Bertil Ohlin( Sweden)
1978 Herbert Simon (United States)
1979 W Arthur Lewis (born in the West Indies Britain) TheodoreW Schultz(US)
1980 Lawrence R Klein(US)
1981 James Tobin (US)
1982 George J Stigler (US)
1983 Cerard Debreu (Born France, United States)
1984 Richard Stone( Britain)
1985 Franco Modigliani (US)
1986 JamesM Buchanan Jr (UnitedS tates)
1987 Robert M Solow (United States)
1988 Maurice Allais (France)
1989 Trygve Haavelmo (Norway)
1990 Harry M Markowitz, Merton H Miller,Wi|liamFSharpe(UnitedStates)
1991 Ronald H Coase (Britain)
1992 Cary S Becker (United States)
1993 Robert W.Fogel, Doug|ass C North(UnitedStates)
1994 Johnc Harsanyi (born in Hungary) John F Nash Jr.(US) Reinhard Selten (Germany)
1995 Robert E Lucas Jr (United States)
1996 JamesA Mirrlees( Britain) William Vickrey*( United States)
1997 RobertC Merton, Myron S Scholes (born in Canada,United States)
1998 Amartya Sen (lndia)
1999 Robert A Mundell (United States)
2000 James J Heckman, Daniel L McFadden (United States)
2001 Ceorge A Akerlof, A Michael Spence Joseph E Stiglitz (UnitedStates)
2002 Daniel Kahneman (born Israel) Vernon L Smith (United States)
2003 Robert F Engle (US) Clive W J Granger (Britain)
2004 Finn E Kydland (born in Norway), Edward C Prescott (United States)
2005 Robert J Aumann (Born in Germany, Israel), Thomas C Schelling(US)
2006 Edmund S Phelps (United States)