Vernon L. Smith
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Vernon L. Smith is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering experimental economics and advancing the understanding of market behavior through laboratory experiments.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon L. Smith Context triple: [Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy, notableRecipient, Vernon L. Smith]
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George Stigler
George Stigler was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on industrial organization, the economics of regulation, and the history of economic thought.
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David M. Kreps
David M. Kreps is an American economist renowned for his influential contributions to game theory, decision theory, and microeconomic theory, particularly in the areas of dynamic choice and reputation.
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George A. Akerlof
George A. Akerlof is an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on information asymmetry and market failures, including the seminal paper "The Market for Lemons."
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Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock was an influential economist and one of the founders of public choice theory, known for his work on rent-seeking and the economic analysis of political processes.
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E.
Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson was an American economist renowned for his pioneering work on transaction cost economics and the theory of the firm, for which he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Vernon L. Smith Target entity description: Vernon L. Smith is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering experimental economics and advancing the understanding of market behavior through laboratory experiments.
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A.
George Stigler
George Stigler was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on industrial organization, the economics of regulation, and the history of economic thought.
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B.
David M. Kreps
David M. Kreps is an American economist renowned for his influential contributions to game theory, decision theory, and microeconomic theory, particularly in the areas of dynamic choice and reputation.
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C.
George A. Akerlof
George A. Akerlof is an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on information asymmetry and market failures, including the seminal paper "The Market for Lemons."
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D.
Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock was an influential economist and one of the founders of public choice theory, known for his work on rent-seeking and the economic analysis of political processes.
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E.
Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson was an American economist renowned for his pioneering work on transaction cost economics and the theory of the firm, for which he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
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M.A. in Economics ⓘ Ph.D. in Economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Adam Smith Award
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Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| birthName | Vernon Lomax Smith ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-01-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Harvard University ⓘ University of Kansas ⓘ |
| employer |
Brown University
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Chapman University ⓘ George Mason University ⓘ Purdue University ⓘ University of Arizona ⓘ University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ University of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
University of Massachusetts system
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| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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experimental economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Vernon ⓘ |
| influenced | field of experimental economics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adam Smith
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Friedrich Hayek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
double auction experiments
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laboratory experiments on market behavior ⓘ pioneering experimental economics ⓘ research on market mechanisms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Economic Association
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Mont Pelerin Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| NobelPrizeCategory | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
experimental tests of market equilibrium theory
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use of controlled laboratory experiments to study markets ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wichita, Kansas, United States
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linked to:
Wichita, Kansas
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Economics
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Professor of Law and Economics ⓘ Research Scholar ⓘ |
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