Oliver E. Williamson
American economist (1932–2020)
Oliver Eaton Williamson (September 27, 1932 – May 21, 2020) is an American economist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a laureate of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[1]
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Born | Oliver Eaton Williamson September 27, 1932 Superior, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | May 21, 2020 Oakland, California, U.S. | (aged 87)
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon, (Ph.D. 1963) Stanford, (MBA 1960) MIT, (B.Sc 1955) |
Awards | John von Neumann Award (1999) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2009)Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microeconomics |
Influences | Chester Barnard Ronald Coase Richard Cyert Ian Roderick Macneil Herbert A. Simon John R. Commons |
Influenced | Paul L. Joskow |
Williamson died on May 21, 2020 in Oakland, California of pneumonia-related problems at the age of 87.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae of Oliver E. Williamson" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ↑ "Oliver Williamson RIP". Econlib. May 22, 2020.
- ↑ Nobel laureate Oliver Williamson, pioneer of organizational economics, dies at 87
Other websites
changeMedia related to Oliver E. Williamson at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Oliver E. Williamson at Wikiquote
- Oliver E. Williamson Archived 2003-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at University of California, Berkeley
- Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression, 2009 lecture at NobelPrize.org
- Profile and Papers at Research Papers in Economics/RePEc