Mancur Olson, Jr.
| Mancur Olson | |
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| Born |
January 22, 1932 Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Died | February 19, 1998 (aged 66) College Park, Maryland |
| Nationality | United States |
| Institution |
University of Maryland Princeton University |
| Field | Institutional economics |
| School or tradition |
New institutional economics |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (PhD) University of Oxford (MA) North Dakota State (BA) |
Mancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. (/ˈmænsər/ or /ˈmæŋkər/; January 22, 1932 – February 19, 1998) was an American economist and social scientist who taught economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most influential contributions were in institutional economics, and in the role which private property, taxation, public goods, collective action, and contract rights play in economic development.
Olson graduated from North Dakota State University, and was a Rhodes Scholar at University College, Oxford before he earned a PhD in economics from Harvard in 1963.
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