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