Kenneth Arrow

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Kenneth Arrow was a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his foundational contributions to social choice theory and general equilibrium economics.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
economist
human
university teacher
academicDegree Bachelor of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Arts
awardReceived APSA Harold D. Lasswell Award
surface form: Harold Lasswell Award

John Bates Clark Medal
Lomonosov Gold Medal
National Medal of Science
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
John von Neumann Theory Prize
surface form: von Neumann Theory Prize
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-08-23
dateOfDeath 2017-02-21
doctoralAdvisor Harold Hotelling
doctoralStudent Amartya Sen
Eric Maskin
Joseph Stiglitz
Michael Spence
educatedAt City College of New York
Columbia University
employer Cowles Foundation
surface form: Cowles Commission

Harvard University
RAND Corporation
Stanford University
familyName Arrow
fieldOfWork economics
general equilibrium theory
information economics
risk and uncertainty
social choice theory
welfare economics
givenName Kenneth
knownFor Arrow’s impossibility theorem
contributions to general equilibrium theory
foundations of social choice theory
information and uncertainty in economics
theory of risk-bearing
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Economic Association
National Academy of Sciences
notableWork Arrow’s impossibility theorem
Walrasian market-clearing framework
surface form: General equilibrium theory

Social Choice and Individual Values
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

Palo Alto, California
surface form: Palo Alto

United States of America
positionHeld president of the American Economic Association
professor of economics at Harvard University
professor of economics at Stanford University
sexOrGender male
spouse Selma Schweitzer Arrow

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Santa Fe Institute hasFounder Kenneth Arrow
John R. Hicks sharesNobelPrizeWith Kenneth Arrow
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Arrow’s impossibility theorem contributedTo Kenneth Arrow
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welfare economics historicalFigure Kenneth Arrow
Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy notableRecipient Kenneth Arrow
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Leon Walras influenced Kenneth Arrow
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Jacob Marschak influenced Kenneth Arrow
Herbert Scarf influencedBy Kenneth Arrow
AEA Distinguished Fellow notableRecipient Kenneth Arrow
this entity surface form: Kenneth J. Arrow
President of the American Economic Association hasNotableOfficeHolder Kenneth Arrow
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Eric Maskin doctoralAdvisor Kenneth Arrow
Eric Maskin influencedBy Kenneth Arrow