Finn E. Kydland

Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist. He is known for his contributions to business cycle theory. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 
Kydland was a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics, with Edward C. Prescott, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."