Bengt Holmström
Bengt Holmström | |
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Holmström in 2016 | |
| Born | Bengt Robert Holmström 18 April 1949 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Helsinki (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
| Thesis | On incentives and control in organizations (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert B. Wilson |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | Jonathan Levin |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016) |
Bengt Robert Holmström (born 18 April 1949) is a Finnish economist who is currently Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together with Oliver Hart, he received the Central Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.