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Key facts
- Born
- Peter Wilkinson Howitt , ( 1946-05-31 ) May 31, 1946 (age 80) , Guelph, Ontario , Canada
- Known for
- Aghion–Howitt model , Endogenous growth theory , Creative destruction
- Education
- McGill University ( BA ), University of Western Ontario ( MA ), Northwestern University ( PhD )
- Thesis
- Studies in the Theory of Monetary Dynamics (1973)
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert W. Clower
- Discipline
- Economic growth , Macroeconomics , Monetary economics
- School or tradition
- Neo-Schumpeterian economics
- Institutions
- University of Western Ontario , Ohio State University , Brown University
- Doctoral students
- Roger Farmer , Martín Guzmán
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2025)
- Website
- vivo .brown .edu /display /phowitt
via Wikipedia infobox
Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2025
“for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Guelph
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- McGill University
- Employer
- University of Western Ontario
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral student
- Martín Guzmán
- Image
- Peter Howitt 2025 Nobel laurates in economic sciences (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-05-31
- member of
- Econometric Society
- name in native language
- Peter Wilkinson Howitt
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- Peter Howitt
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Wilkinson Howitt (born May 31, 1946) is a Canadian economist and the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Brown University. He is best known for his collaborative work with Philippe Aghion on endogenous growth theory, the concept of creative destruction in modern macroeconomics and the Aghion–Howitt model. In 2025, Howitt and Aghion were jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction."
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Howitt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.