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Edward C. Prescott, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2004

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Birthplace: Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, United States
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Son of William Clyde Prescott, II
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Occupation: economist
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About Edward C. Prescott, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2004

Edward Christian Prescott (born December 26, 1940) is an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles". This research was primarily conducted while both Kydland and Prescott were affiliated with the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University. According to the IDEAS/RePEc rankings, he is the 19th most widely cited economist in the world today. In August 2014, Prescott was appointed as an Adjunct Distinguished Economic Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia.

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1940
December 26, 1940
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, United States