gptkbp:instanceOf
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Economist
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Academy_of_Management
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Carnegie_Mellon_University
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
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gptkbp:born
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September 27, 1932
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:contribution
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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
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gptkbp:died
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May 21, 2020
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gptkbp:educational_programs
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkbp:field
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Economics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Oliver E. Williamson
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gptkbp:influenced
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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
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Ronald_Coase
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Transaction cost economics
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWorks
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Markets and Hierarchies
The Mechanisms of Governance
The_Economic_Institutions_of_Capitalism
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gptkbp:occupation
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Professor
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gptkbp:researchFocus
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Governance structures
Contract theory
Organizational economics
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gptkbp:spouse
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Evelyn_Williamson
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