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.
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| Born | Oliver Eaton Williamson September 27, 1932 Superior, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 2020 (aged 87) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| 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.
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- 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
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