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Jean-Jacques Laffont

French economist1947 to 2004

Wikidata names Jerry Green and Kenneth Arrow as doctoral advisors and lists 27 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Jean-Jacques Laffont, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata27

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 93 people: 93 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.