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George Akerlof
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George Arthur Akerlof
June 17, 1940 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Yellen |
| Institution | Georgetown University University of California, Berkeley |
| School or tradition |
New Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater | Lawrenceville School Yale University (B.A.) MIT (Ph.D.) London School of Economics |
| Doctoral advisor |
Robert Solow |
| Doctoral students |
Charles Engel Adriana Kugler |
| Influences | John Maynard Keynes |
| Contributions | Information asymmetry Efficiency wages |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
George Arthur Akerlof (born June 17, 1940) is an American economist of Jewish descent. He is a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
He won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz).
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