Oliver Hart (economist)
Oliver Hart | |
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Oliver Hart at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016 | |
| Born | Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart October 9, 1948 London, England |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge (BA) University of Warwick (MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Spouse | Rita B. Goldberg |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Philip D'Arcy Hart |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Law and economics Corporate Finance |
| Institutions | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology London School of Economics |
| Thesis | Essays in the Economics of Uncertainty (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Rothschild |
| Doctoral students | David S. Scharfstein Jeremy C. Stein Luigi Zingales Richard Holden |
Sir Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart (born October 9, 1948) is a British-American economist, currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. Together with Bengt R. Holmström, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.