Gary Gorton

Gary Gorton
Bornc. 1951
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldMacroeconomics
InstitutionYale School of Management
Alma materUniversity of Rochester (PhD 1983)
Cleveland State University (M.A. 1977)
University of Michigan (M.A. 1974)
Oberlin College (B.A. 1973)
InfluencesRobert Barro
Robert King
ContributionsPanic of 2007
Shadow banking system
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Gary Bernard Gorton (born c. 1951) is an American economist who currently serves as the Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management. He is known for his theory on the role of repurchase agreements on the 2008 financial crisis.[1][2][3]

As one of the top economists in the world, Gorton is frequently mentioned as a possible recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.[4][5]

  1. ^ Osipovich, Alexander (May 11, 2018). "Yale Professor Who Had Controversial Role in the Crisis Now Teaches About It". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ Kaminska, Izabella (July 20, 2021). "Gorton turns his attention to stablecoins". Financial Times.
  3. ^ Gorton, Gary (August 2009). "Securitized Bank and the Run on Repo" (PDF). NBER Working Paper Series.
  4. ^ "Economist Rankings at IDEAS". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  5. ^ Cronin, Brenda (10 October 2013). "Handicapping the 2013 Economics Nobel". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-05-07.