Harold Demsetz
Harold Demsetz (/ˈdɛmsɛts/; May 31, 1930 – January 4, 2019)[1] was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Demsetz was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a director of the Mont Pelerin Society, and a past (1996) president of the Western Economics Association.
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | May 31, 1930
Died | January 4, 2019 | (aged 88)
Nationality | United States |
Institution | UCLA University of Chicago |
Field | Managerial economics |
School or tradition | New institutional economics |
Alma mater | Northwestern University University of Illinois |
Influences | Frank Knight Armen Alchian Ronald Coase Aaron Director George Stigler |
Contributions | Nirvana fallacy |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
He was known for his works in the Nirvana fallacy.
Demsetz died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 88.[2]
References
- ↑ Istituto Giovanni Treccani, Rome (1938). "Enciclopedia italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti".
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(help) - ↑ In Memoriam: Harold Demsetz, 1930-2019