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Also known as Robert Alexander Mundell

Canadian economist (1932–2021)

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Robert Mundell was a Canadian economist who made influential contributions to international economics and monetary policy during the 20th century. His work on how different economic policies interact in an open economy helped shape how governments and policymakers understand the tradeoffs between managing exchange rates, interest rates, and capital flows.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1999

    for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas

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human
Given name
Robert
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Kingston
Place of death
Monteriggioni
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
economics
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Robert Mundell
date of birth
1932-10-24
name in native language
Robert Mundell
date of death
2021-04-04
cause of death
cholangiocarcinoma
manner of death
natural causes
interested in
economics
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Robert Alexander Mundell (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at Columbia University, McGill University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas.

Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics. Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.

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