Kenneth Arrow's Overview

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  Name:

  Kenneth Arrow

  Title:

  Professor Emeritus

  Department:

  Economics, Management Science and Engineering

  Additional Appointments:

  Senior Fellow, Center for Health Policy; sensior fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research,

  Program Member:

  Yes

  Institution:

  Stanford University

  Areas of Specialization:

  Economic growth, climate change, social choice

  Email:

  arrow@stanford.edu

  Primary Phone:

  (650) 327-3957

  Status News:

  Forthcoming lectures at Western Economic Association International and at Waseda University on economic values and obligations. Member, External Advisory Board of The Earth institute (Columbia) and Science Board (Santa Fe Institute)

  Research Interests:

  Assessment of climate change policy under conditions of uncertainty; long-run discounting;  failure of economic analysis to analyze social obligations; social influences on economic behavior

  Short Bio:

  Born, New York City, 1921.  Ph. D. Columbia, 1951. Served on faculties of The University of Chicago, Stanford University, and Harvard Universities.  President, several learned societies. Published 250 technical articles and 20 books.  Awarded: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, National Medal of Science, von Neumann Prize, John Bates Clark Medal, Medal of the University of Paris.