What is Harold Demsetz?
{{Infobox economist | name = Harold Demsetz | school_tradition = [[New institutional economics]] | image = demsetzatgmu.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|5|31}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age |2019|1|4 |1930|5|31 |mf=yes}} | death_place = | nationality = [[United States]] | institution = [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]<br>[[University of Chicago]] | field = [[Managerial economics]] | alma_mater = [[Northwestern University]]<br>[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] | influences = [[Frank Knight]]<br>[[Armen Alchian]]<br>[[Ronald Coase]]<br>[[Aaron Director]]<br>[[George Stigler]] | influenced = | contributions = [[Nirvana fallacy]] | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pde131 }} '''Harold Demsetz''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|m|s|ɛ|t|s}}; May 31, 1930 – January 4, 2019)<ref>{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2wMTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Demsetz,+Harold%22+AND+%221930%22 | title = Enciclopedia italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti | last1 = Istituto Giovanni Treccani | first1 = Rome | year = 1938}}</ref> was an American economist. He was a professor of [[economics]] at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]] (UCLA). Demsetz was a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], a director of the [[Mont Pelerin Society]], and a past (1996) president of the Western Economics Association. He was known for his works in the [[Nirvana fallacy]]. Demsetz died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2019/01/08/in-memoriam-harold-demsetz-1930-2019/#5623b68f4ee3 In Memoriam: Harold Demsetz, 1930-2019]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Demsetz, Harold}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American economists]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicago]] [[Category:Writers from Chica