Sidney G. Winter | |
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| Born | Sidney Graham Winter 1935 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Alice Rivlin (m. 1989) |
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| Field | Evolutionary economics |
| School or tradition | Evolutionary economics |
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Sidney Graham Winter (born 1935, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American economist and Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is recognized as a leading figure in the revival of evolutionary economics.
In 1982, he co-published with Richard R. Nelson An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, a book which has since been cited nearly 25,000 times.
Winter was Chief Economist of the US General Accounting Office (1989-1993). He won the Viipuri Prize for Strategic Management in 2008.
Winter was the second husband and widower of economist Alice Mitchell Rivlin.
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