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Finn E. Kydland
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Person

Finn E. Kydland

b. 1943

Norwegian economist

Born
1 Dec 1943 · Ålgård
Part ofNorway848 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 95 years
  1. 1 Dec 1943BornBorn in Ålgård
  2. 1992AwardFellow of the Econometric Society
  3. 2004AwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1943 – today).

  1. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  2. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  3. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  5. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  6. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  8. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  9. 1956Suez Crisis
  10. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  12. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  14. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  16. 1968Prague Spring
  17. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  18. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  19. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  20. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  22. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  23. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  24. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  25. 1985Schengen Agreement
  26. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  27. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  28. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  30. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  32. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  34. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  35. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  36. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  37. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  38. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  39. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  40. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring

Biography

Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist known for his contributions to business cycle theory. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also holds the Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship at the Tepper School of Business of Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his PhD, and a part-time position at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."

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