Michael Spence | |
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Spence in 2008 | |
| Born | November 7, 1943 Montclair, New Jersey, USA |
| Nationality | United States |
| Institution | Harvard University Stanford University SDA Bocconi School of Management New York University |
| Field | Microeconomics, labor economics |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, (Ph.D.) University of Oxford, (B.A.) Princeton University, (B.A.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Arrow Thomas Schelling |
| Influences | Richard Zeckhauser |
| Contributions | Signaling theory |
| Awards | John Bates Clark Medal (1981) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2001) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Andrew Michael Spence (born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, for their work on the dynamics of information flows and market development.