Oliver Hart (economist)

Oliver Hart
Oliver Hart at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016
Born
Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart

(1948-10-09) October 9, 1948
London, England
NationalityBritish, American
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge (BA)
University of Warwick (MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
SpouseRita B. Goldberg
Children3
FatherPhilip D'Arcy Hart
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsLaw and economics
Corporate Finance
InstitutionsHarvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
London School of Economics
ThesisEssays in the Economics of Uncertainty (1974)
Doctoral advisorMichael Rothschild
Doctoral studentsDavid 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.