Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu received the 2024 prize in Economic Sciences. This profile brings together the official award record and attributed background on the economist’s work and career.
Personal and professional profile
- Name
- Daron Acemoglu [1]
- Full name
- Daron Acemoglu [2]
- Birth date
- 1967-09-03 [2]
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Turkey [2]
- Education
- Galatasaray High School; London School of Economics and Political Science; Aramyan Uncuyan Private Armenian Elementary School; University of York [3]
- Fields / occupation
- author; economist; university teacher [3]
- Prize
- Economic Sciences · 2024 [2]
- Research recognized
- for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity [2]
- Prize share
- 1/3 [2]
- Affiliation at the award
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [2]
- Institutions in career record
- London School of Economics and Political Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology [3]
Research, education and career background
Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has been at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics. He was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019. His primary research fields include political economy, development economics, and labor economics. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024. [4]
Acemoglu ranked third, behind Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw, in the list of "Favorite Living Economists Under Age 60" in a 2011 survey among American economists. In 2015, he was named the most cited economist of the past 10 years per Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) data. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Acemoglu is the third most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses after Mankiw and Krugman. [4]
In 2024, Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies in prosperity between states and empires. He is regarded as a centrist with a focus on institutions, poverty and econometrics. [4]
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Award and academic affiliation
The official Nobel record dates the Economic Sciences award to 2024 and lists Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the affiliation at the time. [2]
An affiliation attached to an award describes that point in the person’s career; it does not establish a current appointment. [2]
Education and career timeline
Source-supported connections
Frequently asked questions
When did Daron Acemoglu receive the prize in Economic Sciences?
The official award record gives the year as 2024. [2]
Which institution was Daron Acemoglu affiliated with at the time of the Economic Sciences award?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This is the award-time affiliation. [2]
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Sources and review dates
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