George A. Akerlof

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Nobel laureate in Economics economist human

George A. Akerlof is an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on information asymmetry and market failures, including the seminal paper "The Market for Lemons."

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economics ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor's degree in economics ⓘ
PhD in economics ⓘ
awardReceived John Bates Clark Medal ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
coAuthor Rachel E. Kranton ⓘ
Robert J. Shiller ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-06-17 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Robert Solow ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Brookings Institution ⓘ
Georgetown University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName Akerlof ⓘ
fieldOfWork behavioral economics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
information economics ⓘ
labor economics ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
influenced modern information economics ⓘ
policy analysis of labor and credit markets with asymmetric information ⓘ
influencedBy John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
knownFor The Market for Lemons ⓘ
surface form: The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism

contributions to macroeconomics with asymmetric information ⓘ
information asymmetry ⓘ
theory of adverse selection ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Economic Association ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableStudent Joseph Stiglitz ⓘ
notableWork Animal Spirits ⓘ
Identity Economics ⓘ
The Market for Lemons ⓘ
occupation economist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
partOf New Keynesian economics tradition ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld Koshland Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley ⓘ
University Professor at Georgetown University ⓘ
professor of economics ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Janet Yellen ⓘ

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George Stigler → doctoralStudent → George A. Akerlof ⓘ
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Animal Spirits → author → George A. Akerlof ⓘ