Charles I. Plosser
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Charles I. Plosser is an American economist known for his influential contributions to macroeconomics, particularly in developing and advancing real business cycle theory, and for serving as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles I. Plosser canonical | 2 |
| Plosser | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11270228 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles I. Plosser Context triple: [real business cycle theory, associatedWith, Charles I. Plosser]
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John B. Taylor
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George M. Phelps
George M. Phelps was a 19th-century American inventor and telegraph engineer known for his significant improvements to telegraph and stock ticker technology.
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Arthur Burns
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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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E.
Douglas H. Wheelock
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- 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: Charles I. Plosser Target entity description: Charles I. Plosser is an American economist known for his influential contributions to macroeconomics, particularly in developing and advancing real business cycle theory, and for serving as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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A.
John B. Taylor
John B. Taylor is an American economist best known for formulating the influential Taylor rule for monetary policy and for his contributions to modern macroeconomic and New Keynesian theory.
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B.
George M. Phelps
George M. Phelps was a 19th-century American inventor and telegraph engineer known for his significant improvements to telegraph and stock ticker technology.
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C.
Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns is a ruthless outlaw gang leader in the 2005 Australian Western film "The Proposition."
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D.
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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E.
Douglas H. Wheelock
Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American economist
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ macroeconomist ⓘ |
| academicWorkplace |
University of Rochester
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William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration ⓘ |
| affiliation | National Bureau of Economic Research ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Federal Open Market Committee ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Edward C. Prescott
ⓘ
Finn E. Kydland ⓘ John B. Long Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Rochester
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Vanderbilt University ⓘ |
| employer | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| familyName |
Plosser
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linked to:
Charles I. Plosser
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| fieldOfWork |
macroeconomics
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monetary economics ⓘ real business cycle theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
business administration
ⓘ
economics ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole | monetary policymaker ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edward C. Prescott
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Robert E. Lucas Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Lucas Jr.
|
| knownFor |
contributions to real business cycle models
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work on time-to-build and aggregate fluctuations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Federal Reserve System ⓘ |
| name | Charles I. Plosser ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of rules-based monetary policy
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contributions to real business cycle theory ⓘ research on macroeconomic fluctuations ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic economist
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central banker ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
dean of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
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president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
business cycles
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economic growth ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ |
| workLocation | Philadelphia ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Charles I. Plosser