Jeffrey G. Williamson

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Jeffrey Gale Williamson (born 26 November 1935 [1] [2] ) is the Laird Bell Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Harvard University; an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin (Madison); Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; and Research Fellow for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He also served (1994–1995) as the president of the Economic History Association. His research focus is and has been on comparative economic history and the history of the international economy and development. [3] [4] Economist Hilary Williamson Hoynes is his daughter. [5]

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Selected publications

Festschrift

T.J. Hatton. K. H. O'Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds.), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2007)

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References

  1. Profile of Jeffrey Gale Williamson
  2. https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=35611155
  3. http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/williamson/bio Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Harvard University: Jeffrey Williamson - Biography (Accessed March 2011)
  4. http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/personnel/photos/index_html?key=728 IZA: Biography of Jeffrey Williamson (Accessed March 2011)
  5. Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. "An Interview with Bell Award Recipient Hilary Hoynes". CSWEP News.