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Oliver Hart
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Key facts
- Born
- Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart , ( 1948-10-09 ) October 9, 1948 (age 77) , London, England
- Alma mater
- King's College, Cambridge ( BA ), University of Warwick ( MA ), Princeton University ( PhD )
- Spouse
- Rita B. Goldberg
- Father
- Philip D'Arcy Hart
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016)
- Fields
- Law and economics , Corporate Finance
- Institutions
- Harvard University , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , London School of Economics
- Thesis
- Essays in the Economics of Uncertainty (1974)
- Doctoral advisor
- Michael Rothschild
- Doctoral students
- See list David S. Scharfstein Jeremy C. Stein Luigi Zingales Richard Holden
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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
- Oliver
- Family name
- Hart
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- King's College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Michael Rothschild
- Field of work
- law and economics
- Image
- Nobel Laureates Oliver Hart 2016 (31341903482).jpg
- Residence
- Cambridge
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- date of birth
- 1948-10-09
- member of
- Econometric Society
- Commons category
- Oliver Hart
- birth name
- Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart
- name in native language
- Oliver Hart
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- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart (born October 9, 1948) is a British-American economist, currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. Together with Bengt R. Holmström, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.
Biography
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