Prof. Daron Acemo\u011flu has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the formation of institutions and their impact on prosperity. Prof. Acemo\u011flu shares the prize, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with Prof. Simon Johnson and Prof. James Robinson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Acemo\u011flu, who is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bilkent University in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in \u0130stanbul in 1967, Prof. Acemo\u011flu graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1986. He received his BA in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from the University of York in the UK (1989) and completed his master\u2019s (1990) and PhD (1992) degrees at the London School of Economics. He taught at the London School of Economics from 1992 to 1993. Since 1993, he has continued his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2000 he became a professor of economics, and in 2019 he received the title of institute professor, the highest rank awarded to a faculty member at the university. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His research focuses on political economy, economic development, economic growth, income and wage inequality, labor economics, economic theory, human capital and training and education. His works, \u201cEconomic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy\u201d (2006) and \u201cWhy Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty\u201d (2012), coauthored with political scientist James A. Robinson, have received numerous awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of 2021, according to the IDEAS\/RePEc research database, Acemo\u011flu is ranked among the top 10 most cited economists in the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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