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George Arthur Akerlof (born June 17, 1940) is an American economist and a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Apr 25, 2024 · George A. Akerlof is an American economist who, with A. Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 for laying the foundation for the theory of markets with asymmetric information. Akerlof studied at Yale University (B.A., 1962) and the Massachusetts Institute.
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Research Interests. Sociology and economics; theory of unemployment; asymetric information; staggered contract theory; money demand; labor market flows; theory of business cycles; economics of social customs; measurement of unemployment; economics of discrimination; Phone. (510) 642-5837.
George A. Akerlof. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2001. Born: 17 June 1940, New Haven, CT, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information”. Prize share: 1/3.
George Akerlof. George Akerlof joins Economics Department – We are delighted to announce that George Akerlof is now a member of the Georgetown University Economics Department in addition to his continuing role at the McCourt School of Public Policy, which he joined last year.
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Research Description. Professor Akerlof is a 2001 recipient of the Alfred E. Nobel Prize in Economic Science; he was honored for his theory of asymmetric information and its effect on economic behavior. He is also the 2006 President of the American Economic Association where he served earlier as vice president and member of the executive committee.
Interview transcript. On behalf of the Nobel e-Museum, I have the pleasure of welcoming this year’s winners of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The winners are Professor George Akerlof from the University of California Berkeley; Michael Spence, Stanford University; and Professor Joseph Stiglitz from ...
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