Oliver Williamson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Carnegie_Mellon_University
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Irwin_Prize
gptkb:John_von_Neumann_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-09-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Superior,_Wisconsin,_United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-05-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Herbert_A._Simon
gptkb:Richard_Cyert
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field economics
organizational economics
transaction cost economics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Oliver_Eaton_Williamson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oliver Williamson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Elinor_Ostrom
gptkb:Jean_Tirole
gptkb:Paul_L._Joskow
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Herbert_A._Simon
gptkb:Ronald_Coase
gptkb:John_R._Commons
gptkbp:knownFor governance structures
theory of the firm
transaction cost theory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Elinor_Ostrom
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2009
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
gptkbp:position Professor of Law
Professor of Economics
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Markets_and_Hierarchies
gptkb:The_Economic_Institutions_of_Capitalism
gptkb:The_Mechanisms_of_Governance
gptkb:Transaction-Cost_Economics:_The_Governance_of_Contractual_Relations
gptkbp:signature Oliver E Williamson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dolores_Celini
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gptkb:University_of_California
gptkb:economic_policy
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