Finn E. Kydland
Appearance
Finn Erling Kydland | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Norway |
Field | Macroeconomics |
School or tradition | New classical economics |
Alma mater | Norwegian School of Economics (BSc) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward C. Prescott David Cass |
Influences | Robert S. Kaplan |
Contributions | Real Business Cycle Theory Time consistency in economic policy |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist. He is known for his contributions to business cycle theory.[1] He is the Henley Professor of Economics[2] at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics,[3] with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ De Vroey, Michel (2016). "Real Business Cycle Modelling: Kydland and Prescott's Contribution". A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond. Cambridge University Press. pp. 261–281. ISBN 978-1-107-58494-5.
- ↑ "UCSB Economics | Giving". Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ↑ Frängsmyr, Tore (ed.). "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2004 - Finn E. Kydland". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ↑ Solow, R. (2015-12-30). Economics for the Curious: Inside the Minds of 12 Nobel Laureates. Springer. ISBN 9781137383594.