Gary Gorton

Gary Gorton
Bornc. 1951
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
InstitutionYale School of Management
FieldMacroeconomics
Alma materUniversity of Rochester (PhD 1983)
Cleveland State University (M.A. 1977)
University of Michigan (M.A. 1974)
Oberlin College (B.A. 1973)
InfluencesRobert Barro
Robert King
ContributionsPanic of 2007
Shadow banking system
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Gary Bernard Gorton (born c. 1951) is an American economist who currently serves as the Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management. He is known for his theory on the role of repurchase agreements on the 2008 financial crisis.[1]

As one of the top economists in the world, Gorton is frequently mentioned as a possible recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.[2][3]

  1. ^ Gorton, Gary (August 2009). "Securitized Bank and the Run on Repo" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Economist Rankings at IDEAS". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  3. ^ Cronin, Brenda (10 October 2013). "Handicapping the 2013 Economics Nobel". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-05-07.

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