influenced birth_place awards nationality ethnicity institution birth_date spouse prizes image article_title birth_name
emmanuel saez new york city , u.s. nobel memorial prize in economic sciences 2010 american jewish mit 29 april 1940 priscilla `` kate '' myrick nobel memorial prize in economic sciences -lrb- 2010 -rrb- peter diamond -lrb- economist -rrb- . jpg peter diamond
 peter arthur diamond
peter diamond

peter arthur diamond -lrb- born , 1940 -rrb- is an american economist known for his analysis of u.s. social security policy and his work as an advisor to the advisory council on social security in the late 1980s and 1990s .
he was awarded the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences in 2010 , along with dale t. mortensen and christopher a. pissarides .
he is an institute professor at the massachusetts institute of technology .
on june 6 , 2011 he withdrew his nomination to serve on the federal reserve 's board of governors , citing intractable republican opposition for 14 months .
