Bengt Holmström(1949)
EconomicsBengt Robert Holmström is a Finnish economist who is currently Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together with Oliver Hart, he received the Central Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.
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Major Awards
107
Publications
43,509
Citations
57
h-index
73
i10-index
406.6
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Education
University of Helsinki
Stanford University
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Doctoral Advisors
Jonathan LevinFlorence EidMarko TerviöMarco OttavianiCurtis R. TaylorZaki WahhajMarek PyciaCanice PrendergastAndrés AlmazánThomas-Olivier NasserEzra Henry FriedmanJaime OrtegaAdolfo de Motta GregoriRoberto BenelliAndrei BremzenJin LiFilippo BalestrieriChia-Hui ChenFlorian EdererDaniel GottliebRongzhu KeJohannes SpinnewijnLuis Guillermo Zermeño VallésGiovanni ReggianiHeikki RantakariRobert B. Wilson
Career Timeline
Ahlstrom-Munksjö1972–1974
Hanken School of Economics1978–1979
Northwestern University1979–1980
Northwestern University1980–1983
Yale University1983–1994
MIT Sloan School of Management1994–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1994–present
Academy Memberships
American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Nobel Prize in Economics (2025)
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Nobel Prize in Economics (2024)
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Nobel Prize in Economics (2024)
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Nobel Prize in Economics (2024)
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Nobel Prize in Economics (2024)
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Claudia Goldin
Nobel Prize in Economics (2023)
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