Frank H. Knight

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Frank H. 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 Hyneman Knight 1

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instanceOf American economist
economist
human
university teacher
writer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Tennessee NERFINISHED
employer University of Chicago
familyName Knight NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork economic theory
economics
ethics
microeconomics
philosophy of economics
genre economic literature
essays
non-fiction
givenName Frank NERFINISHED
hasConcept Knightian uncertainty NERFINISHED
uncertainty-bearing entrepreneur
influenced Chicago school economists NERFINISHED
George Stigler NERFINISHED
James M. Buchanan NERFINISHED
Milton Friedman NERFINISHED
Ronald Coase NERFINISHED
influencedBy Alfred Marshall NERFINISHED
Austrian School economists NERFINISHED
Vilfredo Pareto NERFINISHED
knownFor distinction between risk and uncertainty
foundational role in Chicago school of economics
theory of profit under uncertainty
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Chicago school of economics NERFINISHED
movement Chicago school of economics NERFINISHED
name Frank H. Knight NERFINISHED
notableIdea distinction between measurable risk and unmeasurable uncertainty
profits as reward for bearing uncertainty
notableWork Freedom and Reform NERFINISHED
Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit NERFINISHED
The Economic Organization NERFINISHED
The Ethics of Competition NERFINISHED
occupation author
economist
university professor
placeOfActivity Chicago NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
theoreticalApproach neoclassical economics
price theory

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James M. Buchanan doctoralAdvisor Frank H. Knight
Frank Knight fullName Frank H. Knight
this entity surface form: Frank Hyneman Knight
George Stigler doctoralAdvisor Frank H. Knight
George Stigler influencedBy Frank H. Knight