I'm pretty sure the latter is as you intimate, incorrect[0]. If it was correct, it apparently pertained to Mittag-Leffler, who is a very admirable human (with an amazing mustache) who was unfairly more or less forgotten[1] outside of complex analysis class.

The fact that the "economics Nobel" isn't a real one, of course, is indisputable[2].

[0] http://almaz.com/nobel/why_no_math.html

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_Mittag-Leffler

[2] for example https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/11/nobel-...