Douglass North
Institutional Economics
Year of Birth
1920
Date of Death
20151123
Nationality
US
Field of Knowledge
Economics
Douglass Cecil North (November 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015) was an American economist known for his work in economic history. He was the co-recipient (with Robert William Fogel) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel “renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change.”
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