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Robert M. Townsend
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American economist
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Robert M. Townsend is an American economist born in Cambridge in 1948. He has been employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, and Carnegie Mellon University. His academic background includes education at Duke University and the University of Minnesota.
Townsend is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Econometric Society. He received the Frisch Medal and is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral advisor was Neil Wallace.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1948 births, 21st-century American economists and American development economists.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Townsend
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- University of Minnesota
- Employer
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Award
- Frisch Medal
- Doctoral advisor
- Neil Wallace
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- date of birth
- 1948-04-23
- member of
- Econometric Society
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