Paul M. Romer
American economist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1955 · age 71
Paul Michael Romer is an American economist and policy entrepreneur who is a Seidner University Professor in Finance at Boston College. Romer is best known as the former Chief Economist of the World Bank and for co-receiving the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in endogenous growth theory.
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He also coined the term "mathiness," which he describes as misuse of mathematics in economic research.
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Paul KrugmanBoth received H. C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics
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