Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her "analysis of economic governance, especially the commons", which she shared with Oliver E. Williamson; she was the first woman to win the prize.
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Background
- Born in
- Los Angeles
- Educated at
- University of California, Los AngelesBeverly Hills High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science🏆 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science🏆 Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Dwaine Marvick
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 John Paul McIver
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1933
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