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James M. Poterba

American economistborn 1958

Wikidata names W. M. Gorman as doctoral advisor and lists 46 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata46

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 144 people: 144 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.