Question: Facts: - contributions: '' irrational exuberance '' , case-shiller index - signature: signature of robert j shiller.svg - repec id: psh69 - influences: john maynard keynes franco modigliani george akerlof - institution: yale university - field: financial economics behavioral finance - school tradition: new keynesian economics - influenced: john y. campbell pierre perron eric janszen - awards: deutsche in economics -lrb- 2013 -rrb- bank prize -lrb- 2009 -rrb- nobel memorial prize - birth date: 29 march 1946 - repec prefix: e - name: robert j. shiller - color: darkorange - nationality: american - image: robert shiller - world economic forum annual meeting 2012.jpg - birth place: detroit , michigan - alma mater: michigan -rrb- -lrb- b.a. 1967 -rrb- mit -lrb- ph.d. 1972 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert j. shiller .
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robert james '' bob '' shiller -lrb- born march 29 , 1946 -rrb- is an american nobel laureate , economist , academic , and best-selling author .he currently serves as a sterling professor of economics at yale university and is a fellow at the yale school of management 's international center for finance .shiller has been a research associate of the national bureau of economic research -lrb- nber -rrb- since 1980 , was vice president of the american economic association in 2005 , and president of the eastern economic association for 2006 -- 2007 .he is also the cofounder and chief economist of the investment management firm macromarkets llc .shiller is ranked among the 100 most influential economists of the world .eugene fama , lars peter hansen and shiller jointly received the 2013 nobel memorial prize in economic sciences , '' for their empirical analysis of asset prices '' .