To use this template, copy the text below to the top of the biography. All fields are optional; any left blank will not appear in the Infobox. The exception is , which, if omitted, will be inherited from the title of the article.  Usage {{Infobox economist | honorific_prefix  =  | name              =  | honorific_suffix  =  | image             =  | image_size        =  | alt               =  | caption           =  | native_name       =  | native_name_lang  =  | birth_date        = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place       =  | death_date        =  | death_place       =  | resting_place     =  | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- (use {{coord …}}) --> | nationality       =  | citizenship       =  | spouse            = <!-- or: spouses --> | website           = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | institution       = <!-- or: institutions --> | field             =  | school_tradition  =  | alma_mater        =  | doctoral_advisor  =  | academic_advisors =  | doctoral_students =  | notable_students  =  | influences        =  | contributions     =  | awards            =  | memorials         =  | repec_prefix      =  | repec_id          =  | module            =  | signature         = <!-- filename only --> | notes             = <!-- or: footnotes --> }}   Parameters   Parameter  Description honorific_prefix   name            (defaults to ) honorific_suffix   image             image_size        alt             (See WP:ALT).  caption           native_name     Name in local language. If more than one, separate using .  native_name_lang   ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use  instead.  birth_date      Use the template  if alive, otherwise .  birth_place       death_date      Use the template .  death_place       resting_place   Location of graveashesetc.  resting_place_coordinates   Precise coordinates of resting placegraveetc. Use .  nationality       citizenship       spouse          (or, if more than one, use )  website         Official website; use .  institution     (or, if more than one, use )  field           (i.e. field within economics)  school_tradition    Should be selected from the list of schools of economic thought.  alma_mater      doctoral_advisor      academic_advisors      doctoral_students         notable_students         influences         contributions     awards            memorials       Memorials, plaques, entities named after the person, etc.  repec_prefixrepec_id   Generates a link to search for IDs at IDEAS/RePEc  module          For .  signature       Filename only of a picture of the person's signature.  notes             Entries in , , , and  should be explained in the main text of the article. Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.   Example   {{Infobox economist | name = Milton Friedman | image = Portrait of Milton Friedman.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1912|7|31}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|mf=yes|2006|11|16|1912|7|31}}}} | death_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States|American]] | institution = {{plainlist| * [[Hoover Institution]]  (1977–2006) * [[Columbia University]]    (1964–65) * [[University of Chicago]]  (1946–77) * Columbia University  (1943–45) (1937–41) * [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] (1937–40) }} | school_tradition = [[Chicago school of economics|Chicago School]] | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Columbia University   (PhD 1946) * University of Chicago (MA 1933) *[[Rutgers University]] (BA 1932) }} | influences = {{hlist|[[Adam Smith|Smith]] |[[Irving Fisher|Fisher]] |[[Frank Knight|Knight]] |[[Simon Kuznets|Kuznets]] |[[Jacob Viner|Viner]] |[[Harold Hotelling|Hotelling]] |[[Arthur F. Burns|Burns]] |[[Friedrich Hayek|Hayek]] |[[Homer Jones (economist)|H. Jones]] |[[Henry Calvert Simons|H. C. Simons]] |[[George Stigler|Stigler]] |[[Henry Schultz|Schultz]] |[[Henry George|George]]}} | contributions = {{plainlist| * [[Microeconomics|Price theory]]{{int:dot-separator}}[[Monetarism]] * [[Macroeconomics|Applied macroeconomics]] * [[Floating exchange rate]]s * [[Permanent income hypothesis]] * [[Conscription in the United States#End of conscription|Volunteer military]]{{int:dot-separator}}[[Friedman test]] }} | awards = {{plainlist| * {{nowrap|1988 [[National Medal of Science]]}} * {{longitem|1988 [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]}} * {{longitem|1976 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]}} * 1951 [[John Bates Clark Medal]] }} | signature = Milton friedman signature.svg | repec_prefix = e  | repec_id = pfr10 }}   Microformat    Tracking categories        – Used by Module:InfoboxImage to track articles where an infobox uses image syntax in the format |image=[[File:Example.jpg]]. To exclude articles from this category, change it to .   – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or  to the infobox.   See also