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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Economics (81) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2000s (123) 2001 (15) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1940 (17) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) Connecticut (9) New Haven (3) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) A (40) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) G (35) George (18) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 62 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Social Scientists and Related Workers (87) Economists (76) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) University of California (39) University of California Berkeley (19) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) London (82) London School of Economics and Political Science (20) Long-term academic staff (9) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Alumni (21) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (93) Alumni (38) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Long-term academic staff (40) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (41) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Econometric Society (72) G-H (389) G (254) Global Economy Prize (12) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) complete name: George Arthur Akerlof nobel prize: economics award year: 2001 together with: Joseph E. Stiglitz together with: Michael Spence prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2001 was awarded jointly to George A. Akerlof, A. Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz "for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: George family name: Akerlof occupation: professor occupation: economist field of work: economics work location: University of California, Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States of America description: George Arthur Akerlof is an American economist who is University Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz). image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2001. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2001/summary/> date birth: 1940 usual name: George Akerlof
