Baumol, William J.

  1. Baumol, William J.
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1922, February 26 Born in New York, N.Y. 1936 1938 Attended first formal art classes sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. 1942 BSS, College of the City of New York; organized extracurricular classes on microeconomics. 1946 1942 1943 Junior Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1943 1945 Served in U.S. Army, stationed in France. 1946 1949 London School of Economics; Graduate Student and Assistant Lecturer in American Economy and Economic Dynamics. (Lecture notes for the latter formed the basis for his first published book, Economic Dynamics, 1951, 1959, 1970). 1949 Completed University of London Ph. D. thesis, later published as Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State, 1952, 1965. Ph.D. examiners were Marcus Flemming and Lord Lionel Robbins. 1949 1953 Associate Professor of Economics, Princeton University. 1954 1992 Professor of Economics, Princeton University. 1959 Publication of Business Behavior, Value and Growth (second edition 1966). 1961 Publication of Economic Theory and Operations Analysis (later editions in 1965, 1972, 1976). 1962 1970 Chairman, Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession, American Association of University Professors. 1966 Publication with W.G. Bowen of Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma. 1967 1975 Past Chairman and member, Economic Policy Council, State of New Jersey. 1968 1970 Vice-President, American Association of University Professors. 1971 1971 current Professor of Economics and Director, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University. 1975 Publication with W.E. Oates of The Theory of Environmental Policy, (second edition 1988). 1978 President, Eastern Economics Association. 1978 1979 President, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 1979 Publication with A.S. Blinder of the first edition of introductory textbook, Economics: Principles and Policies. Later editions in 1982, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1994, and 1998. 1981 President, American Economics Association. 1982 Publication with J.C. Panzar and R.D. Willig of Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structure (second edition 1982). 1984 Editor with wife, Hilda Baumol, of Inflation and the Performing Arts. 1986 Publication of Superfairness: Applications and Theory. 1992 1992 current Senior Research Economist and Professor Emeritus of Economics, Princeton University.

From the guide to the William J. Baumol Papers, ca. 1940-1995, (bulk 1950-1990), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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