What is Finn E. Kydland?
{{Infobox economist <!-- Scroll down to edit this page --> <!-- Economist Category --> | school_tradition = [[New classical economics]] <!-- Image --> | image = Finn E Kydland 2015.jpg | image_size = 260 | caption = Kydland in 2015 <!-- Information --> | name = Finn Erling Kydland | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Ålgård]] near [[Stavanger]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[Norway]] | field = [[Macroeconomics]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Edward C. Prescott]]<br>[[David Cass]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | influences = [[Robert S. Kaplan]] | influenced = | contributions = [[Real Business Cycle Theory]]<br>[[Dynamic inconsistency|Time consistency]] in [[economic policy]] | alma_mater = [[Norwegian School of Economics]] (BSc)<br />[[Carnegie Mellon University]] (PhD) | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pky2 }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''Finn Erling Kydland''' (born 1 December 1943) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[economics|economist]]. He is known for his contributions to business cycle theory.<ref>{{cite book |first=Michel |last=De Vroey |title=A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond |url=https://archive.org/details/apu.jd.339.09.vro.g51745 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-107-58494-5 |chapter=Real Business Cycle Modelling: Kydland and Prescott's Contribution |pages=261–281 }}</ref> He is the Henley Professor of Economics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/about_us/giving/endowed_chairs/henley.html |title=UCSB Economics &#124; Giving |access-date=2013-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129030903/http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/about_us/giving/endowed_chairs/henley.html |archive-date=2009-11-29 }}</ref> at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Econo