Douglass C. North

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1993

“for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change”

Douglass C. North was an American economist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert Fogel for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods to explain economic and institutional change. He was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Field

Business & Economics · Economic History

Lifespan

1920–2015