Bengt Holmström
Finnish economist and Nobel laureate
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 18 April 1949 |
| 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) |
With Oliver Hart, he received the Central Bank of Sweden Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.[2]
References
change- ↑ Levin, Jonathan David (1999). Relational contracts, incentives and information (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/9520.
- ↑ Appelbaum, Binyamin (October 10, 2016). "Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom Win Nobel in Economics for Work on Contracts". New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2016.