Robert E. Lucas


In 1995, Robert E. Lucas won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on the implications of the rational expectations hypothesis. Relevant web resources include:

Autobiography
Robert Lucas' autobiography at the Nobel site.

Nobel Page on Robert E. Lucas
The Nobel site's page. A copy of the press release announcing Lucas' award is available at this site.

The Scientific Contributions of Robert E. Lucas, Jr.
A discussion of the importance of Lucas' contributions.

Time to Learn New Things (by David Fettig)
This article. published by the Minneapolis Fed, provides an interesting discussion of the impact of Lucas' work on macroeconomic model-building.

Nobel Views on Inflation and Unemployment (by Carl Walsh)
A comparison of the views of Robert Lucas and Milton Friedman.

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