Frank Knight
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Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
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| Frank Knight canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Allyn Abbott Young ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Cornell University
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ
surface form:
University of Tennessee
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| birthDate | 1885-11-07 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1972-04-15 ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century economics ⓘ |
| familyName | Knight ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName |
Frank H. Knight
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Frank Hyneman Knight
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chicago School economics
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Chicago School economists
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
surface form:
F. A. Hayek
George Stigler ⓘ James M. Buchanan ⓘ Milton Friedman ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Marshall
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John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
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John Neville Keynes
Max Weber ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to the Chicago School of Economics
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critique of perfect competition models ⓘ distinction between risk and uncertainty ⓘ theory of profit under uncertainty ⓘ work in economic methodology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
University of Chicago Department of Economics
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surface form:
Chicago School of Economics
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| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | profit as reward for bearing uncertainty ⓘ |
| notableWork | Risk, Uncertainty and Profit ⓘ |
| occupation |
university teacher
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Illinois ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
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| positionHeld | Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfNotableWork | 1921 ⓘ |
| schoolOrTradition |
University of Chicago Department of Economics
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surface form:
Chicago School of Economics
neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
Knightian uncertainty concept
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entrepreneurship under uncertainty ⓘ ethical foundations of capitalism ⓘ views on competition and monopoly ⓘ |
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