James Tobin
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James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Tobin canonical | 15 |
| James Tobin (economist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2000424 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Tobin Context triple: [John Bates Clark Medal, notableRecipient, James Tobin]
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Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving and the Modigliani–Miller theorem in corporate finance.
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Eugene Fama
Eugene Fama is an American economist renowned as a leading figure in the Chicago School and a pioneer of modern finance, particularly for his work on efficient markets and asset pricing.
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Hyman Minsky
Hyman Minsky was an American economist best known for his financial instability hypothesis, which explains how periods of economic stability can lead to speculative excess and ultimately financial crises.
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Arnold Harberger
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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Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher was an influential American economist and statistician known for his pioneering work in interest theory, capital theory, and the development of modern economic and econometric analysis.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Tobin Target entity description: James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.
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A.
Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving and the Modigliani–Miller theorem in corporate finance.
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B.
Eugene Fama
Eugene Fama is an American economist renowned as a leading figure in the Chicago School and a pioneer of modern finance, particularly for his work on efficient markets and asset pricing.
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C.
Hyman Minsky
Hyman Minsky was an American economist best known for his financial instability hypothesis, which explains how periods of economic stability can lead to speculative excess and ultimately financial crises.
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D.
Arnold Harberger
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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E.
Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher was an influential American economist and statistician known for his pioneering work in interest theory, capital theory, and the development of modern economic and econometric analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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Subject: James Tobin Description of subject: James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.
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“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk”
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“Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity”
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“Essays in Economics”
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“Essays in Economics”
linked to: James Tobin
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“Essays in Economics”
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“Essays in Economics”