Louis Putterman Explained

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

Biography

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Putterman, Louis . 2023-01-14 . vivo.brown.edu.
2. Web site: Louis Putterman Population Studies and Training Center Brown University . 2023-01-14 . www.brown.edu.
3. Web site: 2007 . Sloan Research Fellows 1955-2007 . January 14, 2023.
4. Web site: Louis Putterman . 2023-01-14 . CEPR . 5 September 2019 . en.