STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.

By examining the various political and economic systems introduced by European colonizers, the three have been able to demonstrate a relationship between institutions and prosperity, the jury said.

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