Finn E. Kydland

Finn Erling Kydland
Kydland in 2015
Born (1943-12-01) 1 December 1943 (age 81)
Ålgård near Stavanger
NationalityNorway
FieldMacroeconomics
School or
tradition		New classical economics
Alma materNorwegian School of Economics (BSc)
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Doctoral
advisor		Edward C. Prescott
David Cass
InfluencesRobert S. Kaplan
ContributionsReal Business Cycle Theory
Time consistency in economic policy
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist. He is known for his contributions to business cycle theory.[1] He is the Henley Professor of Economics[2] at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics,[3] with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."[4]

References

  1. ↑ De Vroey, Michel (2016). "Real Business Cycle Modelling: Kydland and Prescott's Contribution". A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond. Cambridge University Press. pp. 261–281. ISBN 978-1-107-58494-5.
  2. ↑ "UCSB Economics | Giving". Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  3. ↑ Frängsmyr, Tore (ed.). "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2004 - Finn E. Kydland". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. ↑ Solow, R. (2015-12-30). Economics for the Curious: Inside the Minds of 12 Nobel Laureates. Springer. ISBN 9781137383594.