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Paul Romer

1955 - Today

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Paul Michael Romer (born November 6, 1955) is an American economist and policy entrepreneur who is a University Professor in Economics at Boston College. Romer is best known as the former Chief Economist of the World Bank and for co-receiving the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with William Nordhaus) for his work in endogenous growth theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Romer has received more than 790,766 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Paul Romer is the 189th most popular economist (up from 234th in 2019), the 2,965th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,450th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Economist.

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Romer ranks 189 out of 315Before him are Daniel Ellsberg, Israel Kirzner, Eli Heckscher, Gustave de Molinari, Pierre Leroux, and Lujo Brentano. After him are Henry George, Chester Barnard, John A. Hobson, Roger Myerson, Paul Volcker, and Raúl Prebisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Paul Romer ranks 109Before him are Fernando Meirelles, Vladimir Petrović, Dominique Pinon, Ángela Molina, John de Mol Jr., and Xander Berkeley. After him are Bruno Conti, Akira Nishino, Alessandro Altobelli, Peter Gallagher, Siri Hustvedt, and Olivier Assayas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Romer ranks 2,965 out of 18,182Before him are Derrick Rose (1988), Neil Postman (1931), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Charles Napier (1936), Scatman Crothers (1910), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947). After him are George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Ty Cobb (1886), Jim Hines (1946), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Babushka Lady (1930), and Henry George (1839).

Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Romer ranks 59Before him are Frank Knight (1885), Paul Milgrom (1948), Peter Diamond (1940), Ben Bernanke (1953), Hyman Minsky (1919), and Daniel Ellsberg (1931). After him are Henry George (1839), Chester Barnard (1886), Roger Myerson (1951), Paul Volcker (1927), Alvin E. Roth (1951), and Alvin Hansen (1887).

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