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Bengt Holmström
Finnish economist and Nobel laureate (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bengt Robert Holmström (born 18 April 1949) is a Finnish economist who is currently Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together with Oliver Hart, he received the Central Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.[2]
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Born | Bengt Robert Holmström (1949-04-18) 18 April 1949 (age 75) |
Education | University of Helsinki (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
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Doctoral advisor | Robert B. Wilson |
Doctoral students | Jonathan Levin[1] |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016) |
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Thesis | On Incentives and Control in Organizations (1978) |
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