Oliver E. Williamson Ph.D.
Oliver E. Williamson Ph.D.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009
Nobel co-recipient Elinor Ostrom
Photo: Courtesy Dr.Williamson
Name: Oliver Eaton Williamson
Birth: 27 September, 1932, Superior, Wisconsin
Institution: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Award: “For his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”
Subject: Economics
Portion of cash: 1/2
Thesis: The economics of discretionary behavior: managerial objectives in a theory of the firm. Ford Foundation prize dissertation, 1967.
Economist and Founding Editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. His book, The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting, is said to be the most frequently cited work in social science research.
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“The Oliver Williamson Award was created by my colleagues at the Haas School of Business to honor outstanding faculty (one each year) at the Haas School” – Oliver Williamson