Robert Lucas Jr wife: Who is Nancy Stokey?

Nancy Stokey is the wife of late professor Robert Lucas, whom he married after his divorce from his first wife, Rita Cohen.

Nancy was born in 1950, and also serves as a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.

Nancy obtained her Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and her PhD from Harvard University in 1978.

She now majors in mathematical economics.

Nancy is “a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.”

Nancy and Lucas together have done some collaborations on papers on “growth theory, public finance, and monetary theory.”

Who Was Robert Lucas?

Robert Lucas Jr. was an economist and professor at the University of Chicago, known for his significant contributions to the field of macroeconomics, “particularly in the area of rational expectations and the theory of economic policy.”

Born on September 15, 1937, in Yakima, Washington, Lucas had a Bachelor’s degree in history, and a Ph.D. in economics, both from the University of Chicago.

In 1995, Lucas received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, for his laudable contribution to macroeconomics.

Known for ‘the Lucas Critique’, Lucas’s work played an important role in the development of New Classical Economics, which emphasized the role of market mechanisms and the limitations of government intervention in the economy.

During his lifetime, Lucas held academic positions at various institutions such as the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Lucas is still regarded as “the most influential macroeconomist of the last quarter of the 20th century”, and was the 11th most cited economist in the world as of 2020.

Lucas passed away from an unknown cause on May 15, 2023. He was aged 85.

He had served as professor at the University of Chicago from 1975 until his demise.