Louis Putterman

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Louis Putterman
Academic background
Alma mater Columbia University (B.A.)
Yale University (Ph.D.)

Louis G. Putterman (born 1952) [1] is an American development economist. He is a professor of economics at Brown University. [2]

Biography

Putterman received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1976 and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1980. He joined the Brown University faculty after his doctoral studies and received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1983. [3] He is a specialist on comparative economic systems and has written extensively on China's economic development. His recent work has focused on using laboratory experiments to analyze long-term development of human capabilities. [4]

Putterman served as president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in 2000–2001. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Putterman, Louis". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. "Louis Putterman | Population Studies and Training Center | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. "Sloan Research Fellows 1955-2007" (PDF). 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  4. "Louis Putterman". CEPR. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-14.