Oliver E. Williamson | |
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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 |
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]
Williamson died on May 21, 2020 in Oakland, California of pneumonia-related problems at the age of 87.[2][3]