James Tobin

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Nobel laureate in Economics economist human

James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economics ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived John Bates Clark Medal ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-03-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-03-11 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Nobel Prize official database ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize official biography
doctoralAdvisor Joseph Schumpeter ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Yale University ⓘ
familyName Tobin ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
monetary economics ⓘ
portfolio theory ⓘ
fullName James Tobin self-link ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline econometrics ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
influencedBy John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
Keynesian economics ⓘ
knownFor analysis of financial markets ⓘ
contributions to monetary theory ⓘ
proposal of a tax on foreign exchange transactions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Cowles Foundation ⓘ
movement Keynesian economics ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableIdea Tobin tax ⓘ
portfolio selection theory ⓘ
q theory of investment ⓘ
notableWork “Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity” ⓘ
“Essays in Economics” ⓘ
“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk” ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld president of the American Economic Association ⓘ
proposedConcept tax on short-term currency speculation ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ

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John Bates Clark Medal → notableRecipient → James Tobin ⓘ
Janet Yellen → doctoralAdvisor → James Tobin ⓘ
Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy → notableRecipient → James Tobin ⓘ
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James Tobin → fullName → James Tobin self-link ⓘ
AEA Distinguished Fellow → notableRecipient → James Tobin ⓘ
President of the American Economic Association → hasNotableOfficeHolder → James Tobin ⓘ