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Stephen Coate

b. 1957

Economist (Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

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About Stephen Coate

Born 1957. Stephen Coate is an economist.

Stephen Thomas Redvers Coate is a British-American economist and currently Kiplinger Professor of Public Policy at Cornell University. His research focuses on developing economic models to analyze public policy issues.

Education Coate graduated with a B.Sc. in economics from the University College of Swansea in 1980. He went on to further study at the University of Sussex and received an M.A. in public policy in 1981. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1988.

Career Coate's first academic position was as an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He left Harvard for the University of Pennsylvania in 1990, where he worked as an assistant professor of economics until 1993 and assistant professor of public policy until 1997. He was granted tenure and associate professorship in 1997 but left for his current position at Cornell University the following year.

He has served a range of academic journals in an editorial capacity, such as the Journal of Public Economics, the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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Northwestern University
Awards
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Also known as
Stephen Thomas Redvers Coate

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Stephen Coate?

economist (Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

When was Stephen Coate born?

Stephen Coate was born on 19 May 1957.

What is Stephen Coate's occupation?

Stephen Coate is an economist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Stephen Coate

· Wikidata: Q30068939

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