Kenneth J. Arrow

Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1921-08-23 in New York, NY, USA

Gender: male

Field: American economist (1921–2017)

Biography

Kenneth Joseph Arrow was an American economist, mathematician and political theorist. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1957, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972, along with John Hicks.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972

Awarded on: 1972-10-25

"for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory"

Affiliations:

  • Harvard University – Cambridge, MA, USA
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