Summary

Creator:

Prescott, Edward C.

Abstract:

Edward Prescott (1940-2022) was a Nobel Prize winner and a Regents Professor (of economics) at Arizona State University. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, teaching, and professional activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.

Extent:

7.0 Linear Feet
Four boxes.

Language:

Material in English.

Collection ID:

RL.11204

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection contains drafts and published copies of Prescott's research papers and other writings, writings by others, professional correspondence, files from speaking engagements and presentations, and teaching material from his career at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Minnesota, and Arizona State University.

The Writings series contains drafts and published copies of research papers and academic articles written by Prescott and coauthors, including his 1964 dissertation "Adaptive Decision Rules for Macro Economic Planning" as well as writings with corecipient of the Nobel Prize, Finn E. Kydland.

The Writings by Others series includes articles and other writings on economics collected by Prescott for his own research or interest.

Engagements series includes material from lectures, presentations, and speeches given by Prescott.

Correspondence series contains letters, memos, and emails received or written by Prescott.

Teaching series contains syllabi, lecture notes, exams, correspondence, and other preparatory material for courses taught by Prescott at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Minnesota, and Arizona State University.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward CHristian Prescott (1940-2022) was a white American academic economist who was born in Glens Falls, New York. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Swarthmore College in 1962, a master's degree in operations research from Case Western Reserve University in 1963, and a PhD in economics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1967. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Minnesota before joining the faculty of Arizona State University in 2003, where he founded the Center for the Advanced Study in Economic Efficiency in 2009. He also advised the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis beginning in 1981. He was awarded the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Finn E. Kydland for their work on business cycle theory. He died in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Acquisition Information:

The Edward C. Prescott papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a gift in 2016.

Processing information:

Processed by Katrina Martin, May 2016.

Accession described in this collection guide: 2016-0073.

Arrangement:

The Edward C. Prescott papers are arranged into five series: Writings, Engagements, Writings by Others, Correspondence, and Teaching.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

Business cycles
Econometrics
Economics -- Study and teaching -- United States
Macroeconomics
Nobel Prize winners
Economists -- United States -- Correspondence

Names:

Arizona State University. Department of Economics -- Faculty
Economists' Papers Archive
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
University of Minnesota. Department of Economics -- Faculty
Kydland, Finn E.
Prescott, Edward C.