Robert Mundell

Robert Alexander Mundell, CC (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist. He was a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect.

Robert Mundell
Mundell in 2013
Born	(1932-10-24)October 24, 1932 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Died	April 4, 2021(2021-04-04) (aged 88) Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	London School of Economics UBC Vancouver School of Economics University of Washington Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Waterloo
Known for	Mundell–Fleming model Optimum currency areas Research on the gold standard
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1999)
Scientific career
Fields	Monetary economics
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University (1959–61, 1997–98, 2000–01) University of Chicago (1965–72) Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland (1965–75) [1] University of Waterloo (1972–74) McGill University (1989–1990)[2] Columbia University (1974 – present) Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009 – present)
Doctoral advisor	Charles Kindleberger[3]
Doctoral students	Jacob A. Frenkel Rudi Dornbusch[4] Carmen Reinhart[5]
Influences	Ludwig Von Mises
Influenced	Arthur Laffer Jude Wanniski Michael Mussa

He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas. Mundell is known as the "father"^[6] of the Euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics which inspired Reaganomics.

Mundell died on April 4, 2021 in Siena, Tuscany from problems caused by bile duct cancer, aged 88.^[7]