The facts
Yale said Nordhaus had glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. [1]
His Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy model linked emissions, climate change and economic growth and was used to study policies including carbon taxes. [1][3]
He spent more than five decades at Yale and served as provost and vice-president for finance and administration. [1][2]
Still unconfirmed
- The exact place of death was not given in the checked Yale announcement.
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 1 Nov 2026, 03:01 UTC.
- William Nordhaus: Nobel laureate and Yale economist
Yale University · Primary source · 31 Oct 2026
The university’s actual obituary confirms the death date, age and publicly disclosed illness. Private funeral and family details are omitted.
- William Nordhaus dies at 85
EconoTimes · Reporting · 31 Oct 2026
Actual report and the publisher’s editorial-standards page were read. This separately operated news publisher attributes the death to Yale and the award facts to Nobel records; it is not a separate family interview.
- William D. Nordhaus: 2018 economics-prize facts
Nobel Prize Outreach · Primary source
Used for the award, prize share and research contribution, not as a death confirmation.