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Vernon L. Smith

1927 - Today

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Vernon Lomax Smith (born January 1, 1927) is an American economist and professor of business economics and law at Chapman University. He was formerly a professor of economics at the University of Arizona, professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and a board member of the Mercatus Center. Along with Daniel Kahneman, Smith shared the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics and his work in the field of experimental economics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vernon L. Smith has received more than 400,924 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Vernon L. Smith is the 104th most popular economist (down from 90th in 2019), the 1,434th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,200th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Economist.

Vernon L. Smith is most famous for his work on experimental economics. He has been a professor at the University of Arizona since 1969 and is the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Vernon L. Smith ranks 104 out of 315. Before him are Friedrich von Wieser, John Harsanyi, William Vickrey, Alan Greenspan, Alfred Weber, and William Nordhaus. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Eugene Fama, Knut Wicksell, Tjalling Koopmans, Robert J. Shiller, and Jean Tirole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vernon L. Smith ranks 69. Before him are F. Sherwood Rowland, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, Herbert Blomstedt, and Hiroshi Yamauchi. After him are Narciso Yepes, Kurt Masur, Marvin Minsky, Steve Ditko, Lucio Fulci, and Jean-Claude Pascal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vernon L. Smith ranks 1,434 out of 18,182. Before him are Cesar Romero (1907), Elias James Corey (1928), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Robin Wright (1966), Frank Langella (1938), and Kathryn Joosten (1939). After him are Mario Lanza (1921), Helen Hunt (1963), Tom Skerritt (1933), Daniel Nathans (1928), Richard Kuklinski (1935), and Mariah Carey (1969).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Vernon L. Smith ranks 31. Before him are Lawrence Klein (1920), Merton Miller (1923), George Akerlof (1940), Douglas McGregor (1906), Alan Greenspan (1926), and William Nordhaus (1941). After him are Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Eugene Fama (1939), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), and Thomas Schelling (1921).

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