Robert Lucas Jr.
Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. (September 15, 1937 – May 15, 2023) was an American economist at the University of Chicago. He was the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College. He was a known figure in the creation of new classical approach to macroeconomics,[1] he received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995.[2][3]
Robert Lucas Jr. | |
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| Born | Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. September 15, 1937 Yakima, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 2023 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Carnegie Mellon University University of Chicago |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition | New classical macroeconomics |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA, MA, PhD) University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | H. Gregg Lewis Dale W. Jorgenson |
| Doctoral students | Marcel Boyer Costas Azariadis Jean-Pierre Danthine Boyan Jovanovic Paul Romer |
| Contributions | Rational expectations Lucas critique Behavioral economics |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1995) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Lucas died in Chicago, Illinois on May 15, 2023 at age of 85.[4]
References
- Snowdon, Brian; Vane, Howard R. (2005). Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origin, Development and Current State. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar. pp. 220–223. ISBN 978-1-84542-208-0.
- "Robert E. Lucas, Jr. | American economist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1995". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- Lee, Tori; Witynski, Max (May 16, 2023). "Robert E. Lucas Jr., Nobel laureate and pioneering economist, 1937–2023". University of Chicago. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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