Robert Mundell

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Robert A. Mundell

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Robert A. Mundell
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1999

Born: 24 October 1932, Kingston, ON, Canada

Died: 4 April 2021, Siena, Italy

Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Prize motivation: “for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas”

Prize share: 1/1

Work

Exchange rates among different currencies are an important factor in business and the economy. In the beginning of the 1960s, Robert Mundell analyzed the effects of political actions on this area, including the consequences if exchange rates remain fixed or are allowed to be governed by the market. Mundell maintained that it could be advantageous for several countries to introduce a common currency, provided that the labor force has a great deal of mobility. Mundell’s theories had relevance for the introduction of the euro as the European Union’s currency.

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