Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972
National Medal of Science – Behavioral and Social Science 2004
Co-nobelists: John R. Hicks
Name: Kenneth J. Arrow
Birth: 23 August 1921, New York, NY, USA
Death: 21 February 2017, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Institution: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Award: “for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory”
Subject: general equilibrium theory, welfare theory
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Contribution: Constructed a micro theory of portfolio management for individual wealth holders.
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Nat’l Medal – Behavior and Social Science
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Economics and Operations Research Emeritus
Affiliation: Stanford University Department of Economics Stanford,California 94305 USA
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Behavioral and Social Science
Award Year: 2004
Citation: “For his contribution to the field of economics exemplified by his work on general equilibrium theory, social welfare theory, endogenous growth theory, health economics, and information economics. ”
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on February 13, 2006.