Andreu Mas-Colell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andreu Mas-Colell

Catalan economist and politician from Spain

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1944

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Andreu Mas-Colell (Catalan: [?n'd?ew 'mas ku'le?]; born 29 June 1944) is a Spanish economist, an expert in microeconomics and one of the world's leading mathematical economists.
He is the founder of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
He has also served several times in the cabinet of the Catalan government.
Summarizing his and others' research in general equilibrium theory, his monograph gave a thorough exposition of research using differential topology.
His textbook on microeconomics, co-authored with Michael Whinston and Jerry Green, is the most used graduate microeconomics textbook in the world.