人物简介
本特·霍姆斯特罗姆，1949年4月18日出生于芬兰赫尔辛基，，现就职于美国麻省理工学院，与哈佛大学的奥利弗·哈特共同获得2016年诺贝尔经济学奖。他获奖理由与契约理论有关。
人物经历
教育经历
B.S., University of Helsinki, 1972. Mathematics, physics,
theoretical physics, statistics
M.Sc., Stanford, 1975, Operations research
Ph.D., Stanford, 1978, Graduate School of Business
职业经历
A. Ahlstrom Ltd., Finland: corporate planner, 1972-74.
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration:
Assistant Professor of Systems and Operations Research, 1978-79.
Northwestern University:
Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics, 1979-80.
Associate Professor of Managerial Economics, 1980-83.
Yale University:
Professor of Economics (Department of Economics), 1983-94.
Professor of Economics and Organization (SOM), 1983-85.
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Management Studies (SOM), 1985-94.
M.I.T.:
Professor of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
(joint appointment with Sloan School of Management), 1994-.
Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics,1997-
Chairman, Department of Economics, 2003-2006
CORE, Universite Catholique de Louvaine; Visiting Research Fellow, 1977-78.
University of Chicago; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Spring 1982.
Stanford University, Visiting Professor of Research, 1985-86.
Helsinki School of Economics, Visiting Professor of Management, 1991-92.
Stockholm School of Economics, Visiting Professor (recurring), 1996-1999.
University of Helsinki, Visiting Professor, Spring 1999.
University of Chicago, Initiative on Global Markets, Visiting Professor, Fall 2006
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Visiting Professor, Spring 2007
Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Mark and Sheila Wolfson
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Spring 2010.
Short Biography
Bengt Robert Holmström is the Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also was head of the Economics Department from 2003-2006. He holds a joint appointment with MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society and the American Finance Association, and an elected foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the executive committee for the Center of Economic Policy Research. In 2011, he served as President of the Econometric Society.
He received his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1978. He has served as an associate professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (1979-82) and as the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Management at Yale University’s School of Management (1983-94).
Holmström is a microeconomic theorist, best known for his research on the theory of contracting and incentives especially as applied to the theory of the firm, to corporate governance and to liquidity problems in financial crises.
He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and the Hanken School of Economics in Finland. Most recently he was awarded the 2012 Banque de France-TSE Senior Prize in Monetary Economics and Finance, the 2013 Stephen A. Ross Prize in Financial Economics and the 2013 Chicago Mercantile Exchange – MSRI Prize for Innovative Quantitative Applications.
He is a member of several academic and scientific advisory boards, including the board of the Aalto University Foundation in Finland. He is a former member of the board of the Nokia Corporation.
人物言论
芬兰人教育过度但业绩不佳
本特·霍姆斯特罗姆教授认为，芬兰经济存在三大问题：过度教育、缺乏新的生产方式以及资本稀缺。他说，芬兰需要更多像安蒂·赫林（通力电梯公司董事长）和比约恩·瓦尔鲁斯（芬欧汇川和北欧联合银行董事长）这样的人。但是，在芬兰把稀缺和分散的民间资本汇集起来进行理性投资活动以促进经济增长，相当困难。
霍姆斯特罗姆教授担心地表示，银行由于更严格的监管环境，不再急于给企业投资； 结果是国家可能被迫作为业主，充当积极的角色直接投资。
霍姆斯特罗姆教授说，一个人投资自己的资本，总要比投资别人的资本更负责任。何况国有企业的政治压力常常盖过纳税人的利益。
霍姆斯特罗姆教授对芬兰高等教育表示担忧，认为基础和高中教育体系相对更为优秀。芬兰的高中学生相对美国高中学生平均来看是领先的，但大学没有优势，学生没有照看好，完全对学生没有什么要求。
而经济增长源于改善工作效率，工作效率又来自专业知识和创新。传统产业也不例外。 他说，年轻人应该尽早走上工作岗位。对于大多数人来讲，完成学士学位就可以了，硕士毕业论文没有必要。
人物荣誉
J.L. Kellogg Research Professorship, Northwestern University, 1980-81.
National Science Foundation Grant, “Dynamic Models of Employment”, 1981-83.
IBM Research Professorship, Northwestern University, 1982-83.
Beta Gamma Sigma, 1982.
Econometric Society, fellow (since 1983).
NSF Grant, “Dynamic Models of Employment”, 1984-87.
IAP-lectures, MIT, 1985.
Invited lecture, Fifth World Congress of Econometric Society, 1985.
Honorary Doctorate, University of Vaasa, Finland, 1988.
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Foreign Fellow 1992.
Yrjo Jahnsson lectures, November 1992.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow 1993.
NSF Grant, “Firm Organization and Financial Intermediation,” 1994-97.
The 1997 Economics Prize, Ekonomiska Samfundet, Finland.
Graduate teaching award (by popular vote), MIT, 1997
Fisher-Schultz lecture, Econometric Society, Toulouse, 1997.
Bailleres lecture, Mexico City, 1998.
Louise and Goran Ehrnrooth Honorary Lectures, Helsinki, 1998
Honorary Doctorate, Stockholm School of Economics, 1998
Wicksell lectures, Stockholm School of Economics, 1999
European Corporate Governance Institute, Fellow, 2000.
Astra-Ericsson lecture, Institute for Industrial Economics, Stockholm, 2000
Woodward lecture, University of British Columbia, 2000
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member, 2001
Rogers Clark Lecture, North Carolina State University, 2001
Karl Borch Lecture, Norwegian School of Business, Bergen, 2002
Nancy L. Schwartz Memorial Lecture, Northwestern University, 2003
Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Conference, Madrid, 2004
European Economic Association, Fellow, 2004.
Honorary Doctorate, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, 2004
Frank Hahn Lecture, Royal Society of Economics, Nottingham, 2005.
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering, Foreign Member, 2005
Tampere Club, member, Tampere, Finland 2006
Zvi Griliches Distinguished Lectures, New Economic School, Moscow, 2006
John R Raben Fellowship Lecture, Yale Law School, 2007
Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Foreign Member, 2007
W.A. MacKintosh Lecture, Queen’s University, 2008
Finnish Expatriate of the Year, The Finnish Society, 2008
Alumni of the Year, Helsinki University, 2009
Inauguration lecture, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 2009
Lifetime Achievement Award, Financial Intermediation Research Society, 2010
Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics, elected member, 2010
Arrow Lecture, University of Jerusalem, 2011
Tinbergen Lectures, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, 2011
Presidential Address, Econometric Society, Seoul, Oslo, Santiago, 2011, Chicago, 2012
Jaakko Honko Lecture, Aalto University, Helsinki, 2012
Financial Theory Group, Elected Fellow, 2012
Banque de France-TSE Senior Prize in Monetary Economics and Finance, 2012
OP-Pohjola Economics Prize, Helsinki, 2012
American Finance Association, Year 2013 Fellow
Eithan Berglas Lecture, Tel Aviv University, 2013
Froystein Gjesdal Lecture, NHH, Bergen, 2013
Stephen A. Ross Prize in Financial Economics, 2013 (with Jean Tirole)
Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, 2013
CME Group – MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications, 2013
Yrj? Jahnsson Foundation Science Prize, 2014
Boards: Kuusakoski Ltd., Finland (metal recycling), 1989-2008; Prospectus, Finland (investment
banking), 1994-95; Nokia Corporation, Finland (telecommunications), 1999-2012; Finnish
Business and Policy Forum (EVA), 2005-; Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA),
2005-; Aalto University Foundation, Finland, 2008-
Consulting: Nokia, Pellervo Group, Finnish Ministry of Finance, Finnish Bureau of Competition,
Research Institute for the Finnish Economy, William M. Mercer Corporation, Tapiola Insurance
Group, Daimler-Benz, McKinsey & Co., Northwest Airlines, Catalan Ministry of Innovation,
Universities and Enterprise, Prime Minister’s Office, Finland.
2016年诺贝尔经济学奖揭晓，哈佛大学的奥利弗·哈特（Oliver Hart）和麻省理工的本特·霍姆斯特罗姆（Bengt Holmström），以表彰他们对契约理论做出的贡献。