Arnold Harberger
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Arnold Harberger is an influential American economist known for his work on welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, and the measurement of deadweight loss, and as a prominent figure of the Chicago School of economics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arnold Harberger canonical | 3 |
| Harberger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T827209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnold Harberger Context triple: [Chicago School economics, associatedWithPerson, Arnold Harberger]
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A.
Arthur Laffer
Arthur Laffer is an American economist best known for the "Laffer Curve" theory linking tax rates to government revenue and for shaping conservative supply-side economic policy.
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B.
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was a prominent American economist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of free-market capitalism, monetarism, and limited government intervention in the economy.
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C.
Robert Lucas Jr.
Robert Lucas Jr. was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for developing rational expectations theory and shaping modern macroeconomics within the Chicago School tradition.
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D.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
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E.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnold Harberger Target entity description: Arnold Harberger is an influential American economist known for his work on welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, and the measurement of deadweight loss, and as a prominent figure of the Chicago School of economics.
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A.
Arthur Laffer
Arthur Laffer is an American economist best known for the "Laffer Curve" theory linking tax rates to government revenue and for shaping conservative supply-side economic policy.
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B.
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was a prominent American economist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of free-market capitalism, monetarism, and limited government intervention in the economy.
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C.
Robert Lucas Jr.
Robert Lucas Jr. was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for developing rational expectations theory and shaping modern macroeconomics within the Chicago School tradition.
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D.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
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E.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| familyName |
Harberger
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linked to:
Arnold Harberger
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| fieldOfWork |
applied microeconomics
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cost–benefit analysis ⓘ development economics ⓘ economics ⓘ public finance ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Arnold ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
microeconomics
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public economics ⓘ |
| hasConcept | Harberger triangle ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
applications of cost–benefit analysis to public projects
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empirical analysis of tax incidence ⓘ formalization of deadweight loss from taxation ⓘ training of economists from Latin America ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chicago School of economics
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linked to:
Chicago School economics
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfSchoolOfThought |
Chicago School of economics
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linked to:
Chicago School economics
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| name | Arnold Harberger ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Harberger triangle
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contributions to cost–benefit analysis ⓘ contributions to welfare economics ⓘ measurement of deadweight loss ⓘ policy advice to developing countries ⓘ |
| notableIdea | use of surplus measures in welfare analysis ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Chicago, Illinois
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linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Arnold Harberger Description of subject: Arnold Harberger is an influential American economist known for his work on welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, and the measurement of deadweight loss, and as a prominent figure of the Chicago School of economics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arnold Harberger
subject linked to:
Chicago Boys (group of Chilean free-market economists)