William Nordhaus

William Nordhaus
Nordhaus in Stockholm, December 2018
Born
William Dawbney Nordhaus

(1941-05-31) May 31, 1941 (age 82)[2]
EducationYale University (BA, MA)
Sciences Po
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
AwardsBBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental economics
InstitutionsYale University
ThesisA theory of endogenous technological change (1967)
Doctoral advisorRobert Solow[1]

William Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist. He was a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, best known for his work in economic modeling and climate change, and a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[3] Nordhaus received the prize "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis".[4]

  1. ^ "PDS SSO". library.mit.edu.
  2. ^ Biographical Directory of the Council of Economic Advisers. Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.). 2007. p. 171. ISBN 978-0313225543. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Appelbaum, Binyamin (October 8, 2018). "2018 Nobel in Economics Awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2018" (PDF) (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 8, 2018.

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