Michael Spence

Andrew Michael Spence (born November 7, 1943^[3]) is a Canadian American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, for their work on the dynamics of information flows and market development.

Michael Spence
Spence in 2008
Born	(1943-11-07) November 7, 1943 (age 81) [1] Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Nationality	United States
Institution	Harvard University Stanford University SDA Bocconi School of Management New York University
Field	Microeconomics, labor economics
Alma mater	Harvard University, (Ph.D.) University of Oxford, (B.A.) Princeton University, (B.A.)
Doctoral advisor	Kenneth Arrow[2] Thomas Schelling[2]
Influences	Richard Zeckhauser
Contributions	Signaling theory
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (1981) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2001)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc