Finn E. Kydland
Finn Erling Kydland | |
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| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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| Thesis | Decentralized Macroeconomic Planning (1975) |
Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics,[3] with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."[4]
Biography
Early years
Kydland grew up as the eldest of six siblings at the family farm in Søyland, Gjesdal, which is located in the Jæren farming region in Rogaland county, southwestern Norway. He recalls having had a liberal upbringing, his parents not imposing many limitations on their children. Finn Kydland became interested in mathematics and economics as a young adult, after he did some bookkeeping at a friend's mink farm.
With a freshly awakened interest in theoretical economics, Kydland earned a
dissertation: Decentralized Macroeconomic Planning, supervised by Edward C. Prescott.[5]
After his PhD he returned to NHH as an assistant professor. In 1978 he moved back to Carnegie Mellon as an associate professor. He has been living in the United States since then.
Scholarship
Kydland's areas of expertise are
Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina
.
Personal life
Kydland married Liv Kjellevold in 1968, with whom he had four children; sons, Eirik, Jon Martin, and daughters, Camilla and Kari. He is now married to Tonya Schooler.
Honours and awards
- Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2004)
- Fellow, Econometric Society(1992–present)
- John Stauffer National Fellowship, Hoover Institution (1982–1983)
- Alexander Henderson Award, Carnegie Mellon (1973)
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[9]
- International Chamber of Commerce Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017[10]
References
- ISBN 978-1-107-58494-5.
- ^ "UCSB Economics | Giving". Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Frängsmyr, Tore (ed.). "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2004 - Finn E. Kydland". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ISBN 9781137383594.
- ^ Nobel Faces, p. 240, at Google Books
- ^ "The Cost of Health". The UCSB Current. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "LAEF".
- ^ "Faculty - Finn Kydland". econ.ucsb.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Gruppe 7: Samfunnsfag (herunder sosiologi, statsvitenskap og økonomi)" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "ICC applauds 2018 Business for Peace Award winners - ICC - International Chamber of Commerce". ICC - International Chamber of Commerce. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
External links
- Faculty information from University of California, Santa Barbara Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Faculty information from Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Finn E. Kydland on Nobelprize.org including the Prize Lecture on December 8, 2004 Quantitative Aggregate Theory
- Econometric Society
- Alexander Henderson Award
- Finn E. Kydland (1943– ). )
