Edward C. Prescott

Tags: Economist.

Edward Christian Prescott (born December 26 1940) is an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004 sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles.

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alma mater

Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Swarthmore College

award

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

birth date

1940-12-26

birth place

Glens Falls New York

individualised GND number

128531010

influenced

Gary Hansen, V. V. Chari, Rajnish Mehra, Finn E. Kydland, Costas Azariadis, Edward J. Green

influenced by

John Muth

institution

Arizona State University, University of Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, University of California Santa Barbara