MIT Department of Economics

Academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MIT Department of Economics

Summary

MIT Department of Economics is an academic department[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (academic_department category, ranking #13 of 76).[2]

Key Facts

  • MIT Department of Economics's field of work was economics[3].
  • MIT Department of Economics's instance of is recorded as academic department[4].
  • MIT Department of Economics's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • MIT Department of Economics's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87124229[6].
  • MIT Department of Economics's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].
  • MIT Department of Economics's part of is recorded as MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences[8].
  • MIT Department of Economics's archives at is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[9].
  • MIT Department of Economics's chairperson is recorded as Davis Rich Dewey[10].
  • MIT Department of Economics's chairperson is recorded as Ralph E. Freeman[11].
  • MIT Department of Economics's chairperson is recorded as Robert Lyle Bishop[12].
  • MIT Department of Economics's chairperson is recorded as Edgar Cary Brown[13].
  • MIT Department of Economics's chairperson is recorded as Ann Friedlaender[14].
  • +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MIT Department of Economics[15].
  • MIT Department of Economics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dl_3z[16].
  • MIT Department of Economics's official website is recorded as https://economics.mit.edu/[17].
  • MIT Department of Economics's official name is recorded as Department of Economics, Statistics and Political Science[18].
  • MIT Department of Economics's official name is recorded as Department of Economics and Statistics[19].
  • MIT Department of Economics's official name is recorded as Department of Economics and Social Science[20].
  • MIT Department of Economics's official name is recorded as Department of Economics[21].
  • MIT Department of Economics's X is recorded as MITEcon[22].
  • MIT Department of Economics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/MIT[23].
  • MIT Department of Economics's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+36924'}[24].
  • MIT Department of Economics's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19515'}[25].
  • MIT Department of Economics's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+45382'}[26].
  • MIT Department of Economics's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+53846'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MIT Department of Economics[15].

Identity

Official names include Department of Economics, Statistics and Political Science[18], Department of Economics and Statistics[19], Department of Economics and Social Science[20], and Department of Economics[21]. Part of include Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences[8], an organization[32], in United States[33].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Davis Rich Dewey[10], an economist[34], 1858–1942[35], of United States[36], specialised in economics[37]; Ralph E. Freeman[11], b. 1894[38], awarded the Rhodes Scholarship[39]; Robert Lyle Bishop[12], an economist[40], 1916–2013[41], of United States[42]; Edgar Cary Brown[13], an economist[43], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[44]; and Ann Friedlaender[14], an economist[45], 1938–1992[46], of United States[47].

Industry

MIT Department of Economics's field of work was economics[3].

Why It Matters

MIT Department of Economics draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (academic_department category, ranking #13 of 76).[2]

References

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  7. [9] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . libraries.mit.edu. libraries.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . libraries.mit.edu. libraries.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . libraries.mit.edu. libraries.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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