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James A. Robinson
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British political scientist and economist (born 1960)
Key facts
- Born
- James Alan Robinson , ( 1960-02-27 ) February 27, 1960 (age 66) , Chelmsford , England , UK
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom , American
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2024)
- Education
- London School of Economics ( BSc ), University of Warwick ( MA ), Yale University ( PhD )
- Thesis
- The Dynamic Enforcement of Implicit Labor Contracts under Asymmetric Information (1993)
- Doctoral advisor
- Truman Bewley
- Discipline
- Economics
- Sub discipline
- Economic theory Labor relations
- Institutions
- University of Chicago Harvard University University of California, Berkeley University of Southern California University of Melbourne
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2024
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- Robinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Chelmsford
- Occupation
- economist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- economics
- Official website
- scholar-harris.uchicago.edu/jamesrobinson
- Image
- James A. Robinson at 2024 Nobel Prize Conference 5 (cropped).jpg
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- James Robinson
- date of birth
- 1960-02-27
- name in native language
- James Alan Robinson
- member of
- Econometric Society
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Encyclopedic overview
James Alan Robinson (born 27 February 1960, Chelmsford) is a British-American economist and political scientist. He is a University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, where he led the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. Robinson taught at Harvard University from 2004 to 2015.
With Daron Acemoglu, he is the co-author of several books, including The Narrow Corridor, Why Nations Fail, and Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. In 2024, Robinson, Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies on prosperity between nations.
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