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Jonathan Eaton was a leading international economist, as of 2017 a distinguished professor at Pennsylvania State University. [1] [2] [3] He graduated from Harvard College in 1972. He earned his M.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1976. [4] Awards he has received include The Frisch Medal (with Samuel Kortum), awarded 2004, The Ohlin Lecture, 2013, and The Onassis Prize in International Trade (with Samuel Kortum), 2018. [5]

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References

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  3. "Newly Elected Fellows". amacad.org. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. "MyCV – Department of Economics".
  5. "Eatonjonathanecon". EatonJonathanEcon. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. Eaton, Jonathan; Eckstein, Zvi (1994). "Cities and Growth: Theory and Evidence from France and Japan". doi: 10.3386/w4612 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Eaton, Jonathan; Fernandez, Raquel (1995). "Sovereign Debt".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)