George J. Stigler

George J. Stigler, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1911-01-17 in Renton, WA, USA

Gender: male

Field: American economist (1911–1991)

Biography

George Joseph Stigler was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982

Awarded on: 1982-10-20

"for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation"

Affiliations:

  • University of Chicago – Chicago, IL, USA
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