James K. Boyce
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James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
All labels observed (1)
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| James K. Boyce canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1098982 — 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: James K. Boyce Context triple: [Leontief Prize, notableLaureate, James K. Boyce]
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Charles J. Hatfield
Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
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B.
James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
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C.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
William M. Rice
William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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E.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
- 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: James K. Boyce Target entity description: James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
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A.
Charles J. Hatfield
Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
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B.
James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
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C.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
William M. Rice
William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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E.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ economist ⓘ |
| affiliation | Political Economy Research Institute ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
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linked to:
Leontief Prize
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| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oxford University
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linked to:
University of Oxford
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of Massachusetts Amherst ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
climate policy
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development economics ⓘ environmental economics ⓘ environmental justice ⓘ inequality ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
economics
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environmental studies ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole |
researcher
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teacher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of carbon dividends and climate justice
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work on environmental economics ⓘ work on inequality and the environment ⓘ work on the political economy of development ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Economics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Economics, the Environment and Our Common Wealth
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Investing in Peace: Aid and Conditionality After Civil Wars ⓘ Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration ⓘ The Philippines: The Political Economy of Growth and Impoverishment in the Marcos Era ⓘ The Political Economy of the Environment ⓘ |
| occupation | economist ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Amherst, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
climate policy design
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distributional impacts of environmental policy ⓘ environmental justice and poverty ⓘ political economy of development ⓘ relationship between inequality and the environment ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
climate change
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development policy ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ |
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