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Bengt Holmström

1949 - Today

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Bengt Robert Holmström (born 18 April 1949) is a Finnish economist who is currently Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bengt Holmström has received more than 183,973 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Bengt Holmström is the 147th most popular economist (up from 157th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Finland (up from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Economist.

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  • 63.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bengt Holmström ranks 147 out of 414. Before her are Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, James Heckman, Vernon L. Smith, Gustav von Schmoller, and Christopher A. Pissarides. After her are Jeffrey Sachs, William Beveridge, Robert F. Engle, Benedetto Cotrugli, Walt Whitman Rostow, and Peter Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bengt Holmström ranks 120. Before her are Sergei Bagapsh, Walid Jumblatt, Armand Assante, John Toshack, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Alan Menken. After her are Manuel Marín, Michael W. Young, Klaus Fischer, Arif Alvi, Ward Cunningham, and Clodoaldo.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Bengt Holmström ranks 60 out of 751. Before her are Ville Ritola (1896), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Alexander Stubb (1968), Lasse Virén (1949), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), and Eino Leino (1878). After her are Tarja Turunen (1977), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Väinö Linna (1920), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), and Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Finland

Among economists born in Finland, Bengt Holmström ranks 1. 

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