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Bengt Holmström
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Finnish economist and Nobel laureate
Key facts
- Born
- Bengt Robert Holmström , ( 1949-04-18 ) 18 April 1949 (age 77) , Helsinki, Finland
- Education
- University of Helsinki ( BS ), Stanford University ( MS , PhD )
- Thesis
- On incentives and control in organizations (1978)
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert B. Wilson
- Institutions
- University of Helsinki Stanford University Northwestern University Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Doctoral students
- Jonathan Levin
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016)
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2016
“for their contributions to contract theory”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Holmström
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert B. Wilson
- Field of work
- industrial management
- Image
- Bengt Holmström.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Boston
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- date of birth
- 1949-04-18
- member of
- Econometric Society
- birth name
- Bengt Robert Holmström
- Commons category
- Bengt Holmström
- ethnic group
- Finland Swedes
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
Bengt Robert Holmström (born 18 April 1949) is a Finnish economist who is currently Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together with Oliver Hart, he received the Central Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.
Early life and education
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