Robert Mundell
Robert Mundell | |
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Mundell in 2011 | |
| Born | Robert Alexander Mundell October 24, 1932 Perth, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 4, 2021 (aged 88) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BA) University of Washington London School of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Kindleberger |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Monetary economics |
| School or tradition | Supply-side economics |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University (1959–61, 1997–98, 2000–01) University of Chicago (1965–72) Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland (1965–75) University of Waterloo (1972–74) McGill University (1989–1990) Columbia University (1974–2021) Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009–2021) |
| Doctoral students | Jacob A. Frenkel Rudi Dornbusch Carmen Reinhart |
| Notable ideas | Mundell–Fleming model Optimum currency areas Research on the gold standard |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1999) |
| Website | |
Robert Alexander Mundell CC (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas.
Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics. Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.