Robert Mundell
Canadian economist (1931–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Alexander Mundell CC (October 24, 1931 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Robert Mundell | |
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Born | Robert Alexander Mundell (1931-10-24)October 24, 1931 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
Died | April 4, 2021(2021-04-04) (aged 89) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Academic career | |
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) |
Field | Monetary economics |
School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia University of Washington London School of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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 | |
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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.