William Baumol
American economist
William Jack Baumol was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at New York University, Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He was a prolific... Wikipedia
Born: February 26, 1922, South Bronx, New York, NY
Died: May 4, 2017 (age 95 years), New York, NY
Spouse: Hilda Missel (m. ?–2017)
Education: London School of Economics and Political Science (1949), University of London, and The City College of New York
Research interests: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, and Entrepreneurship
Contributions: Baumol–Tobin model; Baumol's cost disease; Contestable market theory; Sales revenue maximization model
Books
Economics--principles and Policy
1979
Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests
2000
The Cost Disease: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't
2012
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
2007
The Microtheory of Innovative Entrepreneurship
2010
Economic Theory and Operations Analysis
1963
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