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Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Year Recipient(s) 1969 Ragnar Frisch Jan Tinbergen 1970 Paul A. Samuelson ... Read more
Robert II
Robert II (Robert Curthose), c.1054-1134, duke of Normandy (1087-1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father. Father and son became reconciled, but Robert was later exiled. At William's death he inherited Normandy. Englan... Read more
Robert Blair
Robert Blair 1699-1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743). ... Read more
Robert the Devil
Robert the Devil hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his many sins. The tale may have been derived from the life of Robert I, duke of Normandy. The story exists in several Fren... Read more
Robert Gloucester, earl of
Robert Gloucester, earl of d. 1147, English nobleman; illegitimate son of Henry I. Henry created (c.1121) the earldom of Gloucester for him. After his father's death (1135), Robert appeared to accept the seizure of the throne by Henry's nephew, Stephen , to whom he did conditional homage in 1136. ... Read more
Robert II
Robert II 1316-90, king of Scotland (1371-90), nephew and successor of David II . He was the first sovereign of the house of Stuart, or Stewart (see Stuart , family), which eventually succeeded to the English as well as the Scottish throne. The son of Walter the Steward and Marjory, daughter of R... Read more
Robert Franz
Robert Franz , 1815-92, German composer of about 350 lieder, intimate songs, usually in strophic form. The first of them (pub. 1843) drew warm praise from Schumann. Franz championed a revival of the music of Bach and Handel. ... Read more
Robert Garnier
Robert Garnier , 1534?-1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is perhaps the best of his tragedies. He is also credited with the first tragicomedy in French, Bradamante (1582). ... Read more
Robert Kett
Robert Kett d. 1549, English rebel. He led an agrarian revolt in 1549 as a protest against the enclosure of common land for sheep grazing. With 16,000 men he blockaded Norwich, but was defeated and executed. ... Read more
Robert Walker
Robert Walker d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing studies of Puritan temperament. Examples are in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Metropolitan Museum. ... Read more

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Robert M. Solow
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Robert M. Solow 1924-, American economist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard...teaching economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949. Solow also held several governmental positions, including those of senior economist...
Solow, Robert M.
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Solow, Robert M. 1924 – The American economist and 1987 Nobel laureate Robert Merton Solow was born on August 23, 1924, in Brooklyn...Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Solow, Robert M. 1955 – 1956. “...
Solow Residual, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Solow Residual, The A growth accounting exercise...increases in TFP. The American economist Robert M. Solow set up the grounds for growth accounting in a 1957 article. Solow considered a neoclassical production function...
Neoclassical Growth Model
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...run economic growth, introduced by Robert Solow (b. 1924) and Trevor Swan (1918...as added the following year by Solow (1957), an exogenous rate of technical...coefficients in products, which the Solow-Swan neoclassical model generalized...
Taylor Rule
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...possibility-like frontier. While Robert M. Solow argued for precise estimates...Unemployment, and Monetary Policy , by Robert M. Solow and John B. Taylor, 78...Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Solow, Robert M., and John B. Taylor. 1998...
Economics, New Keynesian
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...policy evaluation put forward by Robert Lucas in 1976 insisted that people...productive capacity. However, in 1980 Robert Solow (1980) in his Presidential Address...addressed, which, according to Solow, would require an analysis of real...
Technological Progress, Skill Bias
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...was pioneered by Moses Abramovitz (1956) and Robert M. Solow (1957). It requires the specification of a...in capital and labor and is often called the Solow residual , after Robert Solow, who suggested this method of estimating the...
Economics, Nobel Prize in
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...the theory of economic growth (Robert Solow, 1987), financial economics...1985 James M. Buchanan Jr. 1986 Robert M. Solow 1987 Maurice Allais 1988 Trygve...Coase 1991 Gary S. Becker 1992 Robert W. Fogel, Douglass C. North...
Stylized Fact
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...something like noise (cf. Boland 1994, p. 536). Robert Solow even commented on Kaldor ’ s paper, saying...Princeton University Press. Epstein, Joshua M., and Robert Axtell. 1996. Growing Artificial Societies: Social...
Cambridge Capital Controversy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...University of Cambridge in England and Paul Samuelson and Robert Solow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge...neoclassical theory of capital (Samuelson 1966). Yet, Solow (1963) claimed the debate was largely a sideshow to...

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M.I.T. Economist Robert Solow Wins Nobel for Study of Growth
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/22/1987; ; 700+ words ; Robert M. Solow, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute...determining the sources of economic growth. Solow, 63, is a witty, engaging man held in...the award was done in the mid-1950s. Solow studied the period 1909-1949 in the United...
Robert Solow is eighth member of MIT faculty to win Nobel Prize.
PR Newswire; 10/21/1987; 700+ words ; ROBERT SOLOW IS EIGHTH MEMBER OF MIT FACULTY TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT Institute Professor Robert M. Solow is the eighth member of the MIT faculty -- and the second MIT professor...
Pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson to be Rensselaer's Commencement speaker; Honorary doctorates to be conferred on Nobel Prize winners Richard Smalley and Robert Solow, Philanthropist Morris "Marty" Silverman, The Honorable Donna Shalala, and Senator Joseph Bruno.
M2 Presswire; 4/7/2003; 700+ words ; ...Prize winners Richard Smalley and Robert Solow, Philanthropist Morris "Marty...degrees on Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Richard Smalley, philanthropist...s Honorary Degree Recipients: Robert Solow Robert Solow, professor emeritus...
Backgrounder on the work of Professor Robert M. Solow. (NEWS ADVISORY )
PR Newswire; 10/21/1987; 700+ words ; ...THE WORK OF PROFESSOR ROBERT M. SOLOW When economists grapple...developed by Professor Robert M. Solow. In a series of papers...reported earlier today that Solow was named the winner...Sciences. CONTACT: Robert C. DiIorio of MIT...
Office of the Press Secretary -- Press briefing by Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, Martin Bailey, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, Lawrence Summers, Secretary of the Treasury and Robert M. Solow, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
M2 Presswire; 4/26/2000; 700+ words ; ...Secretary of the Treasury and Robert M. Solow, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts...and Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Solow. Gene will introduce. MR. SPERLING...letter, Nobel Prize winner, Robert Solow of MIT. It's my pleasure to...
GM appoints new chairman of Science Advisory Committee. (General Motors Corp., Robert M. Solow)
PR Newswire; 2/14/1989; 700+ words ; ...PRNewswire/ -- The appointment of Dr. Robert M. Solow, Nobel laureate and an economics...year-old independent body, Dr. Solow succeeds Dr. Thomas E. Everhart...and scientific activities. Dr. Solow, a veteran of the committee, said...
INSIDE STAR TREK(R): THE INSIDE STORY ON THE WORLD'S MOST FASCINATING PHENOMENON BY HERBERT F. SOLOW AND ROBERT H. JUSTMAN
PR Newswire; 5/17/1996; 700+ words ; ...30.00) by Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman, is a comprehensive...with Roddenberry. Soon, Solow and Roddenberry brought Robert H. Justman to act as associate...Books Hardcover Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman On Sale Date...
Sen-sational EXACTLY 200 years after Thomas Malthus predicted starvation caused by overpopulation and scarce food, Amartya Sen has won a Nobel prize for economics partly for proving that Malthus was wrong. The Indian economist, who this year became Master of Trinity College,Cambridge, was officially awarded the prize for his work on welfare economics. Called "the conscience of the profession" by another Nobel laureate, Robert Solow, Mr Sen has merged philosophy witheconomics.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/17/1998; 700+ words ; ...society, but also of countries around the world. The choice of Mr Sen is ironic. Last year's laureates, Myron Scholes and Robert Merton, won their prize for work on the pricing of risk. As partners in Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that...
Solow and the states: capital accumulation, productivity, and economic growth. (Robert M. Solow)
Magazine article from: National Tax Journal; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...neoclassical model of growth developed by Solow (1956), the long-run level of output...revisits the empirical performance of the Solow model using data drawn from the U.S...Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) use the Solow model to explain international differences...
Attorney General Abrams to speak at Israel Bond luncheon honoring builder Solow at Pierre Hotel on Nov. 9. (State of Israel Bonds, Robert Abrams, Sheldon H. Solow)
PR Newswire; 11/3/1989; 700+ words ; ...BOND LUNCHEON HONORING BUILDER SOLOW AT PIERRE HOTEL ON NOV. 9 NEW...York State Attorney General Robert Abrams will be the keynote speaker...event will honor Sheldon H. Solow, an owner-builder of residential...Minister's Club chairman. Robert Abrams was elected New York...