Professor Paul David FBA

Economic History (Economics)
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1995
Year of death
2023
Subjects
Economics

Last post

Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Past appointments

Corpus Christi College University of Oxford Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxfordand Professor of Economics, Stanford University

2003 -

All Souls College University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow

1994 -

All Souls College University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow Emeritus, All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of Economics, Stanford University

1994 - 2003

University of Cambridge Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions

1977 - 1978

Stanford University, California Professor of Economics

1970 -

Publications

Technical choice, innovation and economic growth 1975

Clio and the economics of QWERTY American Economic Review 1985

Towards a new economics of science Research Policy 1994

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Professor Anthony Venables FBA

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