Jerry Green (economist)

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Jerry Green
Born (1946-12-15) December 15, 1946 (age 76)
New York City, US
Institution Harvard University
Field Economics
Alma mater University of Rochester
Doctoral
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Lionel W. McKenzie
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Jerry Richard Green (born December 15, 1946) [1] is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is known for his research in economic theory, as well as writing the most commonly used microeconomic theory textbook for graduate school with Andreu Mas-Colell and Michael Whinston, Microeconomic Theory. [2]

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Biography

Green received his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1967 and his Ph.D. in economics in 1970. [1] He then joined Harvard's economics faculty. [1] He was Harvard's Provost from 1992-1994 and chaired the economics department from 1984-1987. [1] He is a recipient of the J. Kenneth Galbraith Prize for excellence in teaching. [1]

He is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a fellow of the Econometric Society. [3] [4] He was elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994 [5] and fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in 2012. [6]

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