Robert Fogel
American economist and historian (1926–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert William Fogel (/ˈfoʊɡəl/; July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions[2] and director of the Center for Population Economics (CPE)[3] at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is best known as an advocate of new economic history (cliometrics) – the use of quantitative methods in history.[4]
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Robert Fogel | |
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Born | (1926-07-01)July 1, 1926 New York City, U.S. |
Died | June 11, 2013(2013-06-11) (aged 86) Oak Lawn, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
Academic career | |
Institution | Johns Hopkins University University of Rochester University of Chicago Harvard University[1] |
Field | Economic history Cliometrics |
School or tradition | Chicago School |
Doctoral advisor | Simon Kuznets |
Academic advisors | Evsey Domar Abba Lerner Fritz Machlup |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993) Bancroft Prize (1975) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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