Finn E. Kydland

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Finn E. Kydland is a Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on time consistency in economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economics
economist
human
academicDegree PhD in economics
awardReceived John J. Carty Award
surface form: John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
surface form: Nobel Prize in Economics 2004
coAuthor Edward C. Prescott
countryOfCitizenship Norway
dateOfBirth 1943-12-01
doctoralAdvisor Edward C. Prescott
educatedAt CMU
surface form: Carnegie Mellon University

Norwegian School of Economics
employer CMU
surface form: Carnegie Mellon University

Norwegian School of Economics
University of California, Santa Barbara
familyName Finn E. Kydland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kydland
fieldOfWork business cycle theory
economic policy
macroeconomics
gender male
givenName Finn
hasAcademicDiscipline economics
knownFor real business cycle theory
rules versus discretion in economic policy
time inconsistency of economic policy
languageSpoken English
Norwegian
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Econometric Society
name Finn E. Kydland self-link
nobelPrizeDiscipline Economic Sciences
nobelPrizeMotivation for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles
nobelPrizeSharedWith Edward C. Prescott
nobelPrizeYear 2004
notableStudent macro­economists influenced by his work on time inconsistency
notableWork Lucas critique
surface form: Rules Rather Than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plans

Time to Build and Aggregate Fluctuations
placeOfBirth Gjesdal
positionHeld professor of economics
residence Norway
United States of America
surface form: United States

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University of Oslo hasNotableAlumni Finn E. Kydland
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