William Baumol

William Baumol
Born	(1922-02-26)February 26, 1922 New York City, New York, United States
Died	May 4, 2017(2017-05-04) (aged 95) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	London School of Economics (Ph.D. 1949) College of the City of New York (B.Sc. 1942)

Precursors in mathematical economics, 1968

William Jack Baumol (February 26, 1922 – May 4, 2017) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at New York University. He was also a retired professor at Princeton University. Baumol has written many books about labor market and other issues that affect the economy.^[1][2]

Baumol died on May 4, 2017 in New York City at the age of 95.^[3]

References

1. Baumol, W. J. (1972). "On Taxation and the Control of Externalities". American Economic Review. 62 (3): 307–322. JSTOR 1803378.
2. Eliasson, Gunnar and Magnus Henrekson (2004). "William J. Baumol: An Entrepreneurial Economist on the Economics of Entrepreneurship". Small Business Economics. 23 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000026049.86377.df. S2CID 154386348. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
3. Timothy B. Lee (May 4, 2017). "William Baumol, whose famous economic theory explains the modern world, has died". Vox. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

Other websites

• Baumol home page
• IDEAS/RePEc
• Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive, and Destructive Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
• The discrimination of blacks has increased the number of jazz composers Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine - An interview with William Baumol published in the Czech weekly Respekt and daily Blisty in 2003