Speaker's Biography:
Kenneth Arrow
Nobel Laureate, Economic Sciences, 1972; Professor of Economics & Operations Research (Emeritus), Stanford University
Kenneth Arrow is a Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972 “for pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.” Arrow began his graduate study in economics and statistics at Columbia University. He has held positions on the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Stanford University. His research, apart from social choice theory, has focused on general economic equilibrium. The profound transformation of the general equilibrium theory is marked by his groundbreaking work. He helped open new productive paths for research in this area, and in so doing, has made fundamental contributions to the renewal of the theory. Kenneth Arrow earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University.
Panel:
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