Robert J. Shiller
Robert J. Shiller Born (1946-03-29) March 29, 1946 (age 68) Detroit, Michigan Nationality American Institution Yale University Field Financial economics Behavioral finance School or tradition New Keynesian economics Alma mater Michigan (B.A. 1967) MIT (Ph.D. 1972) Influences John Maynard Keynes Franco Modigliani George Akerlof Influenced John Y. Campbell Pierre Perron Eric Janszen Contributions Irrational Exuberance, Case-Shiller index Awards Deutsche Bank Prize (2009) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2013) Signature Information at IDEAS / RePEc Nobel Prize Laureate Robert J. Shiller during press conference in Stockholm, December 2013 Robert James "Bob" Shiller (born March 29, 1946) is an American Nobel Laureate, economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was vice president of the American Economic Association in 2005, and president of the Eastern Economic Association for 2006–2007. He is also the co‑founder and chief economist of the investment management firm MacroMarkets LLC. Shiller is ranked among the 100 most influential economists of the world. Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Shiller jointly received the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, “for their empirical analysis of asset prices”.