Vernon Lomax Smith was awarded the 2002 Noble Prize in Economics for development of experimental economics. Daniel Kahneman was awarded along with Vernon Smith. The official website of all Nobel Prizes can be found here and the official website of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002 is available here. A brief portrait of both Nobel prize winners was published in Respekt magazine on October 14th, 2002, and is available here (in Czech only) or here (in Czech only). There was a brief introduction of Vernon Smith and also a translation of the Reason magazine interview in Terra Libera, january-february 2007 (in Czech only) - the original version of the Reason magazine interview can be found here.

Vernon Smith's personal website can be found here.

Vernon Smith visited the Czech Republic in February 2010 upon an invitation from the Liberalní Institute and the Laboratory of Experimental Economics. He presented a research paper during his seminar at CERGE-EI (the presentation is available here) on February 25th, 2010. On February 26th, 2010, on the occasion of being awarded by the Liberalní Institute Annual Award he presented a lecture called “Mortgage Market Bubbles that Engulf Economies”. The foreword and presentation of the lecture are available for download here and here. The sound recordings of the entire Annual Award "for the Contribution to the Proliferation of Liberal Thinking and the Ideas of Liberty, Private Property, Competition and the Rule of Law" ceremony including Vernon Smith’s lecture is available for download here.

During his short stay in the Czech Republic, Vernon Smith gave several interviews: Česká televize (Czech TV - a public broadcasting corporation), Hospodářské noviny (in Czech only)/ihned, Lidové noviny (in Czech only), Týden (in Czech only). An article on Vernon Smith was also published in Terra Libera, February 2010 (in Czech only).

The IFREE Newsletter mentioned Vernon Smith’s visit to Prague. Vernon Smith established IFREE (International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics) in 1997 to support research and teaching of experimental economics. The IFREE website is available here.

 

Vernon Smith in Prague (February 2010) with the Liberální Institut Annual Award.