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Karl Shell
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<p>Karl Shell (born May 10, 1938) is an American theoretical <a href="/facts/Economist/41nWfEgr">economist</a>, specializing in <a href="/facts/Macroeconomics/4dcQAdCr">macroeconomics</a> and <a href="/facts/Monetary_economics/4661HFJ1">monetary economics</a>. </p><p>Shell received an <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Arts/2pa1nwfR">A.B.</a> in <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a> from <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a> in 1960. He earned his <a href="/facts/Ph.D./paJumdN8">Ph.D.</a> in <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economics</a> in 1965 at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>, where he studied under <a href="/facts/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences/8BBwNwre">Nobel Prize in Economics</a> winner <a href="/facts/Kenneth_Arrow/7KdWn4b2">Kenneth Arrow</a> and <a href="/facts/Hirofumi_Uzawa/X6jplL19">Hirofumi Uzawa</a>. </p><p>Shell is currently <a href="/facts/Robert_Julius_Thorne/wRmmCjQo">Robert Julius Thorne</a> Professor of <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">Economics</a> at <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> (succeeding notable economist and <a href="/facts/Airline_deregulation/MfQIhSgW">airline deregulator</a> <a href="/facts/Alfred_E._Kahn/rxy0bPTu">Alfred E. Kahn</a> in the Thorne chair). He previously served on the economics faculty at <a href="/facts/MIT/Xk49vNA8">MIT</a> and the <a href="/facts/University_of_Pennsylvania/LBBBULox">University of Pennsylvania</a>. </p><p>Shell has been editor of the <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Economic_Theory/pT4MYatr">Journal of Economic Theory</a></i>, generally regarded as the leading <a href="/facts/List_of_scholarly_journals_in_economics/qg1vnNKR">journal</a> in theoretical economics, since its inception in 1968. </p>