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Torsten Persson

Swedish economist · Sweden · On the map · Academics · Born 1954 · age 72

Torsten Persson is a Swedish economist who is the Swedish Research Council Distinguished Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University and Centennial Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and has held visiting positions at leading universities as Harvard, Princeton and Berkeley.

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A life in dates

2022BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward1997Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAwardYrjö Jahnsson AwardAward1954Born18 April 1954

Awards

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2022
Yrjö Jahnsson Award1997
Fellow of the Econometric Society1997
The Söderberg Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
Sweden
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72