George Akerlof

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Economist
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:James_Tobin
gptkb:William_Vickrey
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:Paul_Krugman
gptkb:Robert_Shiller
gptkbp:awards gptkb:John_Bates_Clark_Medal
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_membership
gptkb:Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
National Academy of Sciences membership
gptkbp:birth_date June 17, 1940
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:New_Haven,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:born June 17, 1940
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Research on economic development
Public policy analysis
Research on economic growth
Analysis of trade policies
Analysis of market failures
Research on economic stability
Research on health economics
Research on international economics
Studies on economic resilience
Influence on economic thought
Influence on economic policy
Economic analysis of social issues
Analysis of economic inequality
Research on economic incentives
Consumer behavior analysis
Analysis of labor markets
Research on education economics
Research on economic modeling
Studies on economic integration
Impact on financial markets
Research on labor market policies
Analysis of economic behavior
Research on economic crises
Research on economic systems
Work on economic forecasting
Research on economic globalization
Research on economic policy reform
Research on economic sustainability
Theory of asymmetric information
Studies on environmental economics
Research on economic shocks
Studies on economic history
Analysis of economic competition
Analysis of economic institutions
Analysis of economic recovery
Analysis of economic transformation
Behavioral economics insights
Impact on policy-making
Market dynamics research
Research on economic collaboration
Research on economic entrepreneurship
Studies on economic innovation
Studies on economic networks
Studies on poverty and inequality
Studies on social welfare policies
Studies on taxation and public finance
Work on economic behavior
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:Econometric_Society
gptkbp:field Economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Akerlof
gptkbp:influenced Behavioral economics
Development economics
Public policy
Labor economics
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Market_for_Lemons
gptkb:Akerlof's_Market_for_Lemons
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nobel_prize_motivation for analyses of markets with asymmetric information
gptkbp:notable_feature Social norms
Adverse selection
Identity economics
gptkbp:notable_publication gptkb:The_American_Economic_Review
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Perspectives
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Dynamics_and_Control
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Issues
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Political_Economy
gptkb:Journal_of_Economic_Perspectives
gptkb:The_Economic_Journal
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Literature
gptkb:The_Review_of_Economic_Studies
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Policy_Reform
gptkb:The_Quarterly_Journal_of_Economics
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Human_Resources
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Money,_Credit_and_Banking
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Surveys
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_History
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Behavior_&_Organization
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Labor_Economics
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Risk_and_Uncertainty
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Economic_Theory
The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism
Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
Philosophy and the Economics of Social Institutions
gptkbp:notable_work The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism
gptkbp:prize_money gptkb:2001
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:Macroeconomics
Labor economics
Information asymmetry
Public economics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Berkeley,_California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Janet_Yellen
gptkbp:won gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_2001
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joseph_Stiglitz
gptkb:Janet_Yellen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4