Robert Mundell

Robert Mundell
Mundell in 2011
Born	Robert Alexander Mundell (1932-10-24)October 24, 1932 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Died	April 4, 2021(2021-04-04) (aged 88) Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality	Canadian
Academic career
Institution	Johns Hopkins University (1959–61, 1997–98, 2000–01) University of Chicago (1965–72) Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland (1965–75)[1] University of Waterloo (1972–74) McGill University (1989–1990)[2] Columbia University (1974–2021) Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009–2021)
Field	Monetary economics
School or tradition	Supply-side economics
Alma mater	University of British Columbia University of Washington London School of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Charles Kindleberger[3]
Doctoral students	Jacob A. Frenkel Rudi Dornbusch[4] Carmen Reinhart[5]
Contributions	Mundell–Fleming model Optimum currency areas Research on the gold standard
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1999)
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Robert Alexander Mundell CC (October 24, 1932^[6] – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas.^[1] Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro,^[7] as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics.^[8] Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.