Oliver E. Williamson

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gptkbp:instanceOf Economist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Academy_of_Management
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Carnegie_Mellon_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
gptkbp:born September 27, 1932
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Analyzed the role of institutions in economic performance
Developed the concept of transaction costs
Examined the nature of contracts
Explored the boundaries of firms
Pioneered the field of new institutional economics
Studied vertical integration
Investigated the impact of uncertainty on economic transactions
gptkbp:died May 21, 2020
gptkbp:educational_programs gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:field Economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oliver E. Williamson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Teece
gptkb:Herbert_Simon
gptkb:Joseph_Stiglitz
gptkb:Gary_Becker
gptkb:Ben_S._Bernanke
gptkb:Richard_Nelson
gptkb:Janet_Yellen
gptkb:Paul_Krugman
gptkb:Daron_Acemoglu
gptkb:William_G._Bowen
gptkb:Thomas_Piketty
gptkb:James_March
gptkb:Douglass_North
gptkb:Alfred_Chandler
gptkb:Oliver_Hart
gptkb:Michael_Porter
gptkb:Hernando_de_Soto
gptkb:Ronald_McKinnon
Elinor Ostrom
Richard Posner
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ronald_Coase
gptkbp:knownFor Transaction cost economics
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks Markets and Hierarchies
The Mechanisms of Governance
The_Economic_Institutions_of_Capitalism
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:researchFocus Governance structures
Contract theory
Organizational economics
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn_Williamson