Robert Lucas Jr.: American economist (1937–2023)
Robert Emerson Lucas Jr.
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, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995.
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.
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