George Stigler
American economist (1911–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Joseph Stigler (/ˈstɪɡlər/; January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics.
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George Stigler | |
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Born | (1911-01-17)January 17, 1911 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 1991(1991-12-01) (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | University of Washington (BA) Northwestern University (MBA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
Academic career | |
Institution | Columbia University Brown University University of Chicago Iowa State University |
School or tradition | Chicago School of Economics |
Doctoral advisor | Frank Knight |
Doctoral students | Jacob Mincer Thomas Sowell |
Influences | Jacob Viner, Henry Simons, Milton Friedman |
Contributions | Regulatory capture theory Industrial organization Search unemployment Stigler diet |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1982) National Medal of Science (1987) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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