Andrei Shleifer
Andrei Shleifer · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Among the most-cited economists ever (behavioral finance, institutions); Clark Medal (1999)
1961, Moscow, USSR
Soviet Union · United States (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Andrei Shleifer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Among the most-cited economists ever (behavioral finance, institutions); Clark Medal (1999)
Shleifer was born in Moscow to a Jewish family that emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States in 1976, and he became a professor of economics at Harvard. He is one of the most-cited economists in the world, with influential work in behavioral finance, corporate governance and the role of legal and political institutions in economic development. In 1999 he received the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to the leading American economist under 40.
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Among the most-cited economists ever (behavioral finance, institutions); Clark Medal (1999)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal
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