Robert Mundell facts for kids
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Robert Mundell
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Mundell in 2013
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| Born | October 24, 1932 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics UBC Vancouver School of Economics University of Washington Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Waterloo |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1999) |
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| Fields | Monetary economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Kindleberger |
| Doctoral students | Jacob A. Frenkel Rudi Dornbusch Carmen Reinhart |
| Influences | Ludwig Von Mises |
| Influenced | Arthur Laffer Jude Wanniski Michael Mussa |
Robert Alexander Mundell, CC (born October 24, 1932) is a Canadian economist. Currently, he is a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mundell is also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.
He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas. Mundell is known as the "father" of the Euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics.
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