Putterman, Louis (G.)

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PUTTERMAN, Louis (G.)

PUTTERMAN, Louis (G.). American, b. 1952. Genres: Economics. Career: Brown University, Providence, RI, assistant professor, 1980-82, associate professor, 1982-87, professor of economics, 1987-, associate director of Center for the Comparative Study of Development, 1989-96, acting director, 1990, 1992, fellow of Wayland Collegium, director of Development Studies master's program, 2000-, Watson Institute for International Studies, research associate. Oxford University, St. Antony's College, visiting fellow at Centre for Chinese Studies, 1983; Yale University, visiting fellow at Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 1983-84; Harvard University, visiting scholar at John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, 1986-87, research associate, 1987-93. Publications: Peasants, Collectives, and Choice: Economic Theory and Tanzania's Villages, 1986; (with J.P. Bonin) Economics of Cooperation and the Labor-Managed Economy, 1987; Division of Labor and Welfare: An Introduction to Economic Systems, 1990; Continuity and Change in China's Rural Development: The Collective and Reform Eras in Perspective, 1993; Dollars & Change: Economics in Context, 2001. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader, 1986, 2nd ed., forthcoming; (with D. Rueschemeyer) State and Market in Development: Synergy or Rivalry?, 1992; (with A. Ben-Ner) Economics, Values and Organization, 1998. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to economic and Chinese studies journals. Address: Department of Economics, Brown University, 64 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912-9000, U.S.A. Online address: Louis_Putterman@Brown.edu

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