Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu
Acemoglu in 2016
Born	Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (1967-09-03) September 3, 1967 (age 59) Istanbul, Turkey
Citizenship	Turkey and United States
Spouse	Asu Ozdaglar
Institution	London School of Economics (1989–1993) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993–present)
Field	Political economy Economic growth Development economics Labour economics
School or tradition	New institutional economics
Doctoral advisor	Kevin W. S. Roberts
Doctoral students	Robert Shimer • Mark Aguiar • Pol Antràs • Gabriel Carroll • Melissa Dell • Benjamin Jones • Ufuk Akcigit
Influences	Joel Mokyr • Kenneth Sokoloff • Douglass North • Seymour Martin Lipset • Barrington Moore
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (2005) John von Neumann Award (2007) Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (2012) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2016) Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2024)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish American economist. He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993.

Acemoğlu received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024 with James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson.

References

Other works

• Shimer, Robert (2007). "Daron Acemoglu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 21 (1): 191–208. doi:10.1257/jep.21.1.191. JSTOR 30033707.

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