Douglas North

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkb:John_R._Commons_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1920-11-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-11-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Benzonia,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Donald_H._McCloskey
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:field history
institutional economics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Douglas_Cecil_North
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Douglas North
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Daron_Acemoglu
gptkb:Avner_Greif
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ronald_Coase
gptkb:John_R._Hicks
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Robert_Fogel
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change
1993
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Institutions,_Institutional_Change_and_Economic_Performance
gptkb:Structure_and_Change_in_Economic_History
gptkb:The_Rise_of_the_Western_World:_A_New_Economic_History
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Benzonia_Township_Cemetery,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:signature Douglas North signature.svg
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