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Andrei Shleifer

1961 - Today

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Andrei Shleifer ( SHLY-fər; born February 20, 1961) is a Russian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1991. Shleifer was awarded the biennial John Bates Clark Medal in 1999 for his seminal works in three fields: corporate finance (corporate governance, law and finance), the economics of financial markets (deviations from efficient markets), and the economics of transition. IDEAS/RePEc ranked him as the second top economist in the world in 2011, and the top economist in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Shleifer has received more than 346,284 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Shleifer is the 391st most popular economist, the 2,748th most popular biography from Russia and the 11th most popular Russian Economist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Andrei Shleifer ranks 391 out of 414. Before him are Inger Andersen, Corinne Maier, Sławomir Skrzypek, Gita Gopinath, Paul Douglas, and Guy Standing. After him are Eric Lander, Raghuram Rajan, Steve Keen, Peter Navarro, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, and Ardo Hansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Andrei Shleifer ranks 678. Before him are Maja Haderlap, Tracy Wilson, Howard Gordon, Miro Gavran, Alberto Vaquina, and Giovanni Evangelisti. After him are Tomi Poikolainen, Gabi Zange, Bernd Dittert, Chris Sawyer, Josefina Vázquez Mota, and Nikolay Abramov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Shleifer ranks 2,748 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Cheryshev (1969), Alexander Bublik (1997), Bar Paly (1982), Evgenia Medvedeva (1999), Sergei Bazarevich (1965), and Viktor Manakov (1960). After him are Leonid Volkov (1980), Hüseyin Özkan (1972), Diana Vishneva (1976), Tanja Mihhailova-Saar (1983), Eva Rivas (1987), and Alexander Vedernikov (1964).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Russia

Among economists born in Russia, Andrei Shleifer ranks 11. Before him are Petr Aven (1955), Alexander Chayanov (1888), Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868), Leonid Abalkin (1930), Arkady Dvorkovich (1972), and Tatyana Golikova (1966). After him are Olga Golodets (1962).

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