Robert F. Engle Biography

Robert F. Engle biography

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NAME: Robert F. Engle
OCCUPATION: Educator, Economist, Academic Author, Editor
BIRTH DATE: October 10, 1942 (Age: 70)
EDUCATION: Williams College, Cornell University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Syracuse, New York
Full Name: Robert Fry Engle III
AKA: Robert F. Engle III
AKA: Robert F. Engle
AKA: Robert Engle
AKA: Robert Fry Engle
ZODIAC SIGN: Libra

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Robert F. Engle is a co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, honored for developing methods to analyze unpredictable movements in the financial market.

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Born in New York in 1942, economist Robert F. Engle is best known for winning the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing methods to analyze "economic time series with time-varying volatility," or unpredictable movements in the financial market. He shared the award with Clive W.J. Granger. Engle and Granger's work led to the development of tools for analyzing stocks, enabling economists to make more accurate market forecasts.