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Peter Howitt

Canadian economist (born 1946)
Person human Q7174757

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
May 31, 1946
Place of birth
Guelph
Country of citizenship
Canada[5]
Occupation
university teacher, economist
Employer
Brown University, University of Western Ontario[6][7]
Educated at
Northwestern University, University of Western Ontario, McGill University[8][9][10]
Award received
Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Clarivate Citation Laureates, honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel[12][13][14][15][16]
Official website
vivo.brown.edu[27]
Doctoral advisor
John Ledyard[11]
Doctoral student
Roger Farmer, Martín Guzmán, Malhar Nabar, David Andolfatto[20][21][22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[28]
Contributor to the creative work or subject
Aghion—Howitt model[26]
Family name
Howitt[24]
Given name
Peter[25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[31]
Member of
Royal Society of Canada, Econometric Society[17][18]
Name in native language
Peter Wilkinson Howitt[29]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[30]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
n86029896
GND ID
124546358
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Peter Howitt 2025 Nobel laurates in economic sciences (cropped).jpg ↗
BAnQ authority ID
0000058058
BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122526886
CANTIC ID
981058519948606706
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
peter-howitt
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0003L3081
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10135666
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CiNii Research ID
1140000791605037568
Cyprus University of Technology ID
57931
DDB person (GND) ID
124546358
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
money/Peter-Wilkinson-Howitt
FAST ID
194452
Freebase ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
howitt-peter
IdRef ID
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KBR person ID
14227260
Lex ID
Peter_Howitt
Libraries Australia ID
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MR Author ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
210243
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04662969
NDL Authority ID
00514001
NL CR AUT ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000164260
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007434870305171
National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX949992
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074784528
Nobel Laureate API ID
1060
Open Library ID
OL660832A
Penguin Random House author ID
2221861
RERO ID (legacy)
A003386004
RePEc Short-ID
pho22
SNAC ARK ID
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SSRN author ID
172988
Scopus author ID
6603162711
UOM ID
81094
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058519948606706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1041512
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
peter-wilkinson-howitt
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/3098ef71-8d05-4545-bd19-291b9002e4cc
ZbMATH author ID
howitt.peter

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🔗 Connections
Award received 4
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Clarivate Citation Laureates, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur
Educated at 3
McGill University, Northwestern University, University of Western Ontario
Employer 2
Brown University, University of Western Ontario
Member of 2
Royal Society of Canada, Econometric Society
Occupation 2
economist, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Doctoral student 1
Martín Guzmán
Doctoral students 1
Martín Guzmán
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Guelph
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Peter Howitt was born on May 31, 1946[1], in Guelph[2]. He has worked as a university teacher[3] and economist[4].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Martín Guzmán[32], an economist[33], b. 1982[34], of Argentina[35].

FAQs

Where was Peter Howitt born?

Peter Howitt's place of birth was Guelph[2].

What did Peter Howitt do for work?

Peter Howitt worked as a university teacher[3] and economist[4].

Where did Peter Howitt go to school?

Peter Howitt was educated at Northwestern University[8], Western University[9], and McGill University[10].

What awards did Peter Howitt receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Econometric Society[12], Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada[13], Clarivate Citation Laureates[14], and honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur[15].

Related Entities

Canada Northwestern University

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . Econometric Society. Retrieved . econometricsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Clarivate. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . University of Côte d'Azur. Retrieved . univ-cotedazur.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . nobelprize.org. nobelprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . infobae.com. Retrieved . infobae.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . Econometric Society. Retrieved . econometricsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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