Louis Putterman

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Louis Putterman
Academic career
InstitutionBrown University
FieldDevelopment economics
Alma materColumbia University (B.A.)
Yale University (Ph.D.)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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.