Peter Diamond

American economist, Nobel laureate

Peter Diamond - American economist, Nobel laureate
Born

April 29th, 1940
85 years ago

Category

Thinkers & Philosophers

Country

United States

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An American economist contributed significantly to labor economics and non-linear models in economic theory. Received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010 for analyzing labor market dynamics and searching theories. Served as a professor at MIT and published extensively on topics related to unemployment and job matching. Held the position of a senior adviser at the Federal Reserve.

Received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010

Contributed to the theory of search frictions in labor markets

Published influential papers on matching models in economics

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