Benjamin Moll
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Benjamin Moll is a macroeconomist known for his research on inequality, heterogeneous-agent models, and monetary and fiscal policy, and for coauthoring influential work with Greg Kaplan.
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| Benjamin Moll canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Moll Context triple: [Greg Kaplan, coAuthor, Benjamin Moll]
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Joseph Moll
Joseph Moll was a 19th-century German revolutionary and early communist activist associated with Karl Marx and the radical workers’ movement.
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Leopold Philip de Heister
Leopold Philip de Heister was an 18th-century Hessian general best known for leading German auxiliary forces in British service during the American Revolutionary War.
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Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
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Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne was a 17th-century French naval officer and admiral renowned for his service under Louis XIV in major Mediterranean and Atlantic campaigns.
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Charles V. Hamilton
Charles V. Hamilton was an American political scientist and civil rights scholar best known for co-authoring the influential book "Black Power: The Politics of Liberation" with Stokely Carmichael.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Moll Target entity description: Benjamin Moll is a macroeconomist known for his research on inequality, heterogeneous-agent models, and monetary and fiscal policy, and for coauthoring influential work with Greg Kaplan.
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A.
Joseph Moll
Joseph Moll was a 19th-century German revolutionary and early communist activist associated with Karl Marx and the radical workers’ movement.
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B.
Leopold Philip de Heister
Leopold Philip de Heister was an 18th-century Hessian general best known for leading German auxiliary forces in British service during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
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D.
Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne was a 17th-century French naval officer and admiral renowned for his service under Louis XIV in major Mediterranean and Atlantic campaigns.
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E.
Charles V. Hamilton
Charles V. Hamilton was an American political scientist and civil rights scholar best known for co-authoring the influential book "Black Power: The Politics of Liberation" with Stokely Carmichael.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economist
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macroeconomist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Economics ⓘ |
| affiliation | CEPR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| coauthor | Greg Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
NERFINISHED
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London School of Economics ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | London School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiscal policy
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heterogeneous-agent macroeconomics ⓘ income distribution ⓘ incomplete markets ⓘ inequality ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ monetary economics ⓘ wealth distribution ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor |
Lars Peter Hansen
NERFINISHED
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Robert Shimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://benjaminmoll.com ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coauthoring influential work with Greg Kaplan
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research on fiscal policy ⓘ research on heterogeneous-agent models ⓘ research on inequality ⓘ research on monetary policy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Centre for Economic Policy Research
NERFINISHED
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Centre for Macroeconomics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Greg Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Heterogeneous-Agent Models in Macroeconomics
NERFINISHED
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work on HANK (Heterogeneous-Agent New Keynesian) models ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
consumption and saving behavior
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distributional effects of fiscal policy ⓘ distributional effects of monetary policy ⓘ heterogeneous-agent New Keynesian models ⓘ income risk ⓘ macroeconomic effects of inequality ⓘ precautionary savings ⓘ wealth inequality ⓘ |
| worksAt | Department of Economics, London School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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