Robert Mundell | |
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.jpg) Mundell in 2011 | |
| Born | Robert Alexander Mundell October 24, 1932 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 4, 2021 (aged 88) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Monetary economics |
| Institution | Johns Hopkins University (1959–61, 1997–98, 2000–01) University of Chicago (1965–72) Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland (1965–75)[1] University of Waterloo (1972–74) McGill University (1989–1990)[2] Columbia University (1974–2021) Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009–2021) |
| School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BA) University of Washington London School of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Kindleberger[3] |
| Doctoral students | Jacob A. Frenkel Rudi Dornbusch[4] Carmen Reinhart[5] |
| Contributions | Mundell–Fleming model Optimum currency areas Research on the gold standard |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1999) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Robert Alexander Mundell CC (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia 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.[1] Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro,[6] as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics.[7] Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.
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- ^ Nobel Prize Winners from Johns Hopkins University Archived January 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Essays in the theory of international capital movements page 3. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ Fischer, Stanley (August 9, 2002). "Rudi Dornbusch | by Stanley Fischer". Project Syndicate.
- ^ Warsh, David (November 1, 2009). "What The Woman Lived". Economic Principals. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Economist Mundell: Odds of Greek Euro Exit 25%". WSJ. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ Halaschak, Zachary (April 5, 2021). "Robert Mundell, the intellectual father of supply-side economics, is dead at 88". Washington Examiner. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
