Paul A. David | |
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Born | Paul Allan David May 24, 1935 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 23, 2023 Palo Alto, California, U.S. | (aged 87)
Occupation | Economics professor |
Years active | 1961–2022 |
Known for | Path dependence |
Title | Professor of Economics (Emeritus) & Senior Fellow of SIEPR, Stanford University |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, PhD)[1] University of Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economics |
Institutions | Harvard University (1958–1960) Stanford University (1961–2022) University of Oxford (1993–2022) UNU-MERIT (1993–2022)[1][2] |
Doctoral students | Warren Whatley Leonard Carlson[3] Charles W. Calomiris[3] Ashish Arora[3] |
Paul Allan David (May 24, 1935 – January 23, 2023) was an American academic economist, noted for his work on the economics of scientific progress and technical change. He was also well-known for his work in American economic history and in demographic economics.[4]