Andrei Shleifer
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Andrei Shleifer (/ˈʃlaɪfər/ SHLY-fər; born February 20, 1961) is a Russian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1991. Shleifer was awarded the biennial John Bates Clark Medal in 1999 for his seminal works in three fields: corporate finance (corporate governance, law and finance), the economics of financial markets (deviations from efficient markets), and the economics of transition.
Andrei Shleifer | |
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Born | (1961-02-20) February 20, 1961 (age 63) |
Nationality | Russian American |
Academic career | |
Institution | Harvard University University of Chicago |
Field | Behavioral finance Law and economics Development economics |
Alma mater | MIT Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Peter A. Diamond[1] Franklin M. Fisher[1] |
Doctoral students | Sendhil Mullainathan Matthew Gentzkow Jesse Shapiro Emily Oster Ulrike Malmendier John Friedman |
Influences | Lawrence Summers Milton Friedman[2] |
Contributions | Legal origins theory Big push model |
Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1999) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
IDEAS/RePEc ranked him as the second top economist in the world in 2011,[3] and the top economist in 2024.[4] He is also listed as #1 on the list of "Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business".[5] On Google Scholar, as of 2024 he had over 400,000 citations.[6]