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Oliver E. Williamson

American economist (1932-2020) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 87

Oliver Eaton Williamson was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom.

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2020Died21 May 20202016Global Economy PrizeAward2012Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine UniversityAward2009Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward2006Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2005Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia AntipolisAward2004H. C. Recktenwald Prize in EconomicsAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ValenciaAward1999John von Neumann AwardAward1977Guggenheim FellowshipAward1976Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1932Born27 September 1932

Awards

Global Economy Prize2016
Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine University2012
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2009
Clarivate Citation Laureates2006
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis2005
H. C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics2004
Honorary Doctor of the University of Valencia2004
John von Neumann Award1999
Guggenheim Fellowship1977
Fellow of the Econometric Society1976
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Honorary Degree of HEC Paris

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2020 · aged 87

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