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Oliver Hart (economist)
British-born American economist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart (born October 9, 1948) is a British-born American economist. He is the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Together with Bengt R. Holmström, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.
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![]() Oliver Hart at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016 | |
Born | Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart (1948-10-09) October 9, 1948 (age 75) London, England |
Nationality | British, American |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge BA University of Warwick MA Princeton University PhD |
Spouse | Rita B. Goldberg |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Law and Economics |
Institutions | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology London School of Economics |
Doctoral advisor | Michael Rothschild |
Doctoral students | David S. Scharfstein[1] Jeremy C. Stein[2] Luigi Zingales[3] Richard Holden |
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