What is Paul Romer?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Romer | image = Paul Romer EM1B6039 (46234134401).jpg | office = [[World Bank Chief Economist|Chief Economist of the World Bank]] | president = [[Jim Yong Kim]] | term_start = October 2016 | term_end = 24 January 2018 | predecessor = [[Kaushik Basu]] | successor = [[Shanta Devarajan]] {{small|(Acting)}} | birth_name = Paul Michael Romer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Phillips Exeter Academy ]] [[University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br>[[Queen's University]] | awards = [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] {{small|(2018)}} | module = {{Infobox scientist |child = yes |field = [[Economics]] |influences = [[Joseph Schumpeter]]<br>[[Robert Solow]] |work_institution = [[New York University]]<br>[[Stanford University]]<br>[[UC Berkeley]]<br>[[University of Chicago]]<br>[[University of Rochester]] |doctoral_advisor = [[José Scheinkman]]<br>[[Robert Lucas Jr.]] |academic_advisors = [[Russell Davidson]]<br>[[Ivar Ekeland]] |doctoral_students = [[Sérgio Rebelo]]}} }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''Paul Michael Romer''' (born November 7, 1955) is an American [[economist]]. He is known for creating the [[endogenous growth theory]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]] in 2018 alongside [[William Nordhaus]]. He was [[World Bank Chief Economist|Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank]] until he resigned in January 2018.<ref name=FT2018-01-24>[https://www.ft.com/content/be72f8e2-0144-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5 Donnan S. Outspoken World Bank chief economist Paul Romer exits // FT. January 24, 2018.]</ref> He had been on leave from his position as professor of economics at the [[Stern School of Business]] at [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite news| title=N.Y.U. Lands Top Economist for C