Daron Acemoglu
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Daron Acemoğlu | |
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Nationality | Turkish and American[1] |
Academic career | |
Field | Economic growth, Development Economics, Political economy |
Institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology London School of Economics |
School or tradition | New institutional economics |
Alma mater | London School of Economics University of York |
Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (2005) John von Neumann Award (2007) Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (2012) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Kamer Daron Acemoğlu [ˈadʒemoːɫu] (born September 3, 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish [Armenian origin] economist now living in the USA. Currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston he is among the 10 most cited economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. Winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal.[2] His most cited article is "Colonial origins of comparative development" (2001). His principal interests are political economy, development economics, economic growth, technology, income and wage inequality, human capital and training, and labour economics. His most recent works concentrate on the role of institutions in economic development and political economy.
Acemoğlu was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a family of Armenian descent[3]. He graduated in 1986 from the Galatasaray High School in Istanbul, going on to gain his B.A. degree from the University of York, UK and his M.Sc. degree in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics and then his Ph.D. degree in 1992 from the London School of Economics.
He was a lecturer in economics at the LSE from 1992–1993, before becoming a member of the M.I.T. faculty in 1993. He was promoted to full professor in 2000, and was named the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics in 2004. He is a member of the Economic Growth program of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research. He is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, Center for Economic Performance, International Growth Centre, and Centre for Economic Policy Research. Acemoğlu is the co-editor of Econometrica, Review of Economics and Statistics, and associate editor of the Journal of Economic Growth, and an editorial committee board member of the Annual Review of Economics. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.[4]
Acemoglu was one of the academics who signed a letter in support of legalizing marijuana in Colorado, United States.[5]
Awards
[Acemoğlu's] thesis consisted of seven substantive chapters, each of which formed a paper in its own right. Each of these chapters was itself of very high quality. Indeed, I would consider even the weakest three of them to have been more than sufficient for the award of a PhD.
— James Malcomson, one of his thesis examiners.[6]
- Award for best paper published in the Economic Journal in 1996
- T. W. Schultz prize at the University of Chicago in 2004
- Sherwin Rosen award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004
- John Bates Clark Medal in 2005
- Elected Fellow to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006 Academy announcement
- Academy Awards in the Social Sciences – 2006, Turkish Academy of Science (Acemoğlu received the Science Award for his theoretical and empirical contributions on "the role of institutions in the process of economic development, based on the example of long-term effects left by institutions founded by European colonial administrations".)
- John von Neumann Award in 2007, given by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies
- Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics in 2012, "for fundamental contributions to the understanding of political institutions, technical change and economic growth.”[7]
- Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, shortlist, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty[8]
Selected publications
- Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (joint with James A. Robinson), Crown Publishers, 2012.
- Introduction to Modern Economic Growth Princeton University Press, 2008.
- Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (joint with James A. Robinson) Cambridge University Press, 2005
- Recent Developments in Growth Theory, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004. ISBN 978-1-84376-259-1
References
- ^ Daron Acemoğlu's homepage at MIT Department of Economics
- ^ The Man Who Succeeded Gerschenkron, EconomicPrincipals.com
- ^ http://asbarez.com/94513/armenian-declines-davutoglu-appointment/.
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(help) - ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "A Letter of Support From the Academic Community | Yes on Amendment 64: The Colorado Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol". Regulatemarijuana.org. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ^ Shimer, Robert (2007). "Daron Acemoğlu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 21 (1): 191–207. doi:10.1257/jep.21.1.191.
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- ^ Andrew Hill. "Biographies and economics dominate". Financial Times. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
External links
- Home page
- Who is Acemoglu
- Presentation at World Bank [1]
- Roberts, Russ. "Daron Acemoglu Podcasts". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Armenian people from Istanbul
- Galatasaray High School alumni
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Labor economists
- American economists
- American people of Armenian descent
- Ethnic Armenian economists
- Turkish Armenians
- Turkish emigrants to the United States
- Turkish economists
- Academics of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of the University of York
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellows of the Econometric Society
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty