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Michael Waldman

American economist, academicborn 1955

Supervised 12 doctoral students at Cornell University between 2011 and 2025; Wikidata names Sanford J. Grossman as doctoral advisor and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Michael Waldman, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Students12

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below3 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 14 people: 12 cited by thesis records, 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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

Sat beside the lineage5

committee member, not advisor