Michael Spence
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Michael Spence is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist best known for his work on signaling theory in markets with asymmetric information.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michael Spence canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7453571 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Spence Context triple: [Michael Spence, name, Michael Spence]
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A.
Michael Spence
Michael Spence is an Australian legal scholar and university leader who has served as the head of major universities, including University College London.
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B.
Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
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C.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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D.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale T. Mortensen was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on search and matching theory in labor economics.
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E.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Spence Target entity description: Michael Spence is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist best known for his work on signaling theory in markets with asymmetric information.
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A.
Michael Spence
Michael Spence is an Australian legal scholar and university leader who has served as the head of major universities, including University College London.
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B.
Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
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C.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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D.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale T. Mortensen was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on search and matching theory in labor economics.
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E.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Bates Clark Medal
NERFINISHED
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | American ⓘ |
| co-recipientOfPrizeWith |
George Akerlof
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Stiglitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Kenneth Arrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Princeton University ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
New York University
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New York University Stern School of Business NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Spence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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industrial organization ⓘ information economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation | Hoover Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
development economics
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economic growth ⓘ globalization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
job-market signaling
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research on markets with asymmetric information ⓘ signaling theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Economic Association
NERFINISHED
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Council on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Michael Spence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | analyses of markets with asymmetric information ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Job Market Signaling
NERFINISHED
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Market Signaling: Informational Transfer in Hiring and Related Screening Processes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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professor of economics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Michael Spence Description of subject: Michael Spence is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist best known for his work on signaling theory in markets with asymmetric information.
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