Robert J. Shiller
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Robert J. Shiller is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on asset prices, financial bubbles, and behavioral finance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert J. Shiller canonical | 16 |
| Shiller | 2 |
| Robert James Shiller | 1 |
| Robert Shiller (honorary doctorate, not student) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496999 — 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: Robert J. Shiller Context triple: [BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, notableRecipient, Robert J. Shiller]
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A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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B.
David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
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C.
Gregory Mankiw
Gregory Mankiw is an American economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics, particularly in developing New Keynesian theory, and for authoring widely used economics textbooks.
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D.
Finn E. Kydland
Finn E. Kydland is a Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on time consistency in economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles.
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E.
David Meriwether
David Meriwether was an American politician and statesman from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress in the early 19th century.
- 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: Robert J. Shiller Target entity description: Robert J. Shiller is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on asset prices, financial bubbles, and behavioral finance.
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A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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B.
David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
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C.
Gregory Mankiw
Gregory Mankiw is an American economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics, particularly in developing New Keynesian theory, and for authoring widely used economics textbooks.
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D.
Finn E. Kydland
Finn E. Kydland is a Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on time consistency in economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles.
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E.
David Meriwether
David Meriwether was an American politician and statesman from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts in economics
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PhD in economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics
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Irving Fisher Award ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| coAuthor | George A. Akerlof ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf |
Case–Shiller Home Price Index
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linked to:
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
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| coDeveloperWith |
Allan N. Weiss
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Karl E. Case ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-03-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Shiller
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linked to:
Robert J. Shiller
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| fieldOfWork |
asset pricing
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behavioral finance ⓘ economics ⓘ financial economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Robert James Shiller
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linked to:
Robert J. Shiller
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| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CAPE ratio
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Case–Shiller Home Price Index ⓘ
linked to:
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
analysis of financial bubbles ⓘ contributions to behavioral finance ⓘ research on asset prices ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Eugene F. Fama
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linked to:
Eugene Fama
Lars Peter Hansen ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Animal Spirits
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Finance and the Good Society ⓘ Irrational Exuberance ⓘ Market Volatility ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of economics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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linked to:
Detroit
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| researchInterest |
housing markets
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long-term asset returns ⓘ speculative bubbles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
empirical analysis of stock price volatility
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evidence against the efficient market hypothesis in its strong form ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
New Haven, Connecticut
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Referenced by (20)
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linked to: Robert J. Shiller