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Nancy Stokey | |
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Born | Nancy Laura Stokey May 8, 1950 |
Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
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Academic career | |
Field | Mathematical Economics |
Institution | University of Chicago |
Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Arrow[1] |
Nancy Laura Stokey (born May 8, 1950) has been the Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago since 1990 and focuses particularly on mathematical economics while recently conducting research about Growth Theory, economic dynamics, and fiscal/monetary policy.[2][3] She earned her BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and her PhD from Harvard University in 1978, under the direction of thesis advisor Kenneth Arrow. She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. She previously served as a co editor of Econometrica and was a member of the Expert Panel of the Copenhagen Consensus. She received her Honorary Doctor of Laws (L.L.D) in 2012 from the University of Western Ontario.[2]