Andrei Shleifer ( /ˈʃlaɪfər/ SHLY-fər; born February 20, 1961) is a Russian American economist. From its inauguration in 1992 until it was shut down in 1997, Shleifer served as project director of the Harvard Institute for International Developments Russian aid project. In 1999, Shleifer was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, which was then awarded every two years to the most promising US economist under 40, for his seminal works on corporate finance (corporate governance, law and finance), the economics of financial markets (deviations from efficient markets), and the economics of transition. He is currently ranked the most influential economist in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc, and is listed #1 in the category "Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business".
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