Andrei Shleifer
Andrei Shleifer | |
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Shleifer in 2018 | |
| Born | February 20, 1961 |
| Nationality | Russian American |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter A. Diamond Franklin M. Fisher |
| Influences | Lawrence Summers Milton Friedman |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Behavioral finance Law and economics Development economics |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Chicago |
| Doctoral students | Sendhil Mullainathan Matthew Gentzkow Jesse Shapiro Emily Oster Ulrike Malmendier John Friedman |
| Notable ideas | Legal origins theory Big push model |
| Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1999) |
| Website | |
Andrei Shleifer (/ˈʃlaɪfər/ SHLY-fər; born February 20, 1961) is a Russian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1991. Shleifer was awarded the biennial John Bates Clark Medal in 1999 for his works in three fields: corporate finance (corporate governance, law and finance), the economics of financial markets (deviations from efficient markets), and the economics of transition.
IDEAS/RePEc ranked him as the second top economist in the world in 2011, and the top economist in 2024. He is also listed as #1 on the list of "Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business". On Google Scholar, as of 2024 he had over 400,000 citations.