Edward C. Prescott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edward C. Prescott

American economist

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1940

Place of Birth: Glens Falls, New York, United States

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edward Christian Prescott (born December 26, 1940) is an American economist.
He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E.
Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles".
This research was primarily conducted while both Kydland and Prescott were affiliated with the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University.
According to the IDEAS/RePEc rankings, he is the 19th most widely cited economist in the world today.
In August 2014, Prescott was appointed as an Adjunct Distinguished Economic Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia.