John F. Muth
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John F. Muth was an American economist best known for originating the concept of rational expectations, which fundamentally reshaped modern macroeconomic theory.
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| John F. Muth canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John F. Muth Context triple: [rational expectations revolution, influencedBy, John F. Muth]
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John M. Olin
John M. Olin was an American industrialist and philanthropist known for his leadership of the Olin Corporation and his extensive support of higher education and conservative public policy initiatives.
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Charles I. Plosser
Charles I. Plosser is an American economist known for his influential contributions to macroeconomics, particularly in developing and advancing real business cycle theory, and for serving as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns is a ruthless outlaw gang leader in the 2005 Australian Western film "The Proposition."
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Harold F. Linder
Harold F. Linder was an American investment banker and government official who notably served as chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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Richard L. Kagan
Richard L. Kagan is an American historian known for his scholarship on early modern Spain and the Spanish Empire.
- 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: John F. Muth Target entity description: John F. Muth was an American economist best known for originating the concept of rational expectations, which fundamentally reshaped modern macroeconomic theory.
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A.
John M. Olin
John M. Olin was an American industrialist and philanthropist known for his leadership of the Olin Corporation and his extensive support of higher education and conservative public policy initiatives.
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B.
Charles I. Plosser
Charles I. Plosser is an American economist known for his influential contributions to macroeconomics, particularly in developing and advancing real business cycle theory, and for serving as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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C.
Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns is a ruthless outlaw gang leader in the 2005 Australian Western film "The Proposition."
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D.
Harold F. Linder
Harold F. Linder was an American investment banker and government official who notably served as chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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E.
Richard L. Kagan
Richard L. Kagan is an American historian known for his scholarship on early modern Spain and the Spanish Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American economist
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ scholarly article ⓘ |
| academicWorkFocusedOn |
expectations in economic behavior
ⓘ
price movements ⓘ |
| author | John F. Muth ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| contributedTo | modern macroeconomic theory ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carnegie Mellon University
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linked to:
CMU
|
| employer |
Carnegie Mellon University
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linked to:
CMU
|
| familyName | Muth ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic theory
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economics ⓘ expectations theory ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
New Keynesian macroeconomics
ⓘ
linked to:
New Keynesian economics
dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models ⓘ macroeconomic forecasting ⓘ monetary policy analysis ⓘ |
| impactOnDiscipline |
provided microfoundations for expectations in macro models
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reshaped modern macroeconomic theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Classical macroeconomics
ⓘ
Robert E. Lucas Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Lucas Jr.
macroeconomic modeling of expectations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John von Neumann
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Oskar Morgenstern ⓘ classical economic theory ⓘ |
| knownFor | rational expectations hypothesis ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | rational expectations ⓘ |
| name | John F. Muth ⓘ |
| notableFor | originating the concept of rational expectations ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
rational expectations
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rational expectations in economic models ⓘ |
| notablePublication | “Rational Expectations and the Theory of Price Movements” ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of economics ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
formalization of rational expectations in stochastic models
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modeling expectations as model-consistent ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | rational expectations hypothesis ⓘ |
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