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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.

   • Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001)
   • Influences: John Maynard Keynes

   • Doctoral advisor: Robert Solow

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   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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4. www.econ.berkeley.edu › profile › george-akerlofGeorge A. Akerlof | Department of Economics

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   He became a full professor in 1978.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.

5. www.nobelprize.org › 2001 › akerlofThe official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

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   Learn about the life and achievements of George A. Akerlof, the American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 for his analysis of markets with asymmetric information. Read his biography, family background, education, and career highlights.

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   What is Akerlof best known for?

   • Akerlof is perhaps best known for his article, "The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism", published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1970, in which he identified certain severe problems that afflict markets characterized by asymmetric information, the paper for which he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize.

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   • 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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   • He became a full professor in 1978.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.

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   What did professor Akerlof do before he joined Georgetown?

   • Prior to joining Georgetown, Professor Akerlof taught, with only brief interruption, at the University of California at Berkeley from 1966 to 2010. He was Visiting Scholar at the IMF from 2010 to 2014.

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7. econ.georgetown.edu › nobelprizeGeorge Akerlof | Department of Economics | Georgetown University

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   Learn about the life and achievements of George Akerlof, the economist who won the Nobel Prize in 2001 for his work on asymmetric information and market mechanisms. He is now a member of the Georgetown University Economics Department and the McCourt School of Public Policy.

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   Sep 7, 2022 · Learn about George Akerlof, a New Keynesian economist and Nobel laureate for his theory of markets under asymmetric information. Find out his early life, education, books, and contributions to identity economics and the fair wage-effort hypothesis.

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    Bio and Featured Works. George Akerlof is University Professor at Georgetown. His research is based in economics, but it often draws from other disciplines, including psychology, anthropology, and sociology. He played an important role in the development of behavioral economics.