Oliver E. Williamson

Oliver E. Williamson (born September 27, 1932) is a prominent author in the area of transaction cost economics, a student of Ronald Coase and Herbert Simon. Prof. Williamson received his S.B. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955, M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1960, and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1963. He has held professorships in business administration, economics, and law at University of California, Berkeley since 1988.

Awards, fellowships

• Horst Claus Rechtenwald Prize in Economics, 2004.
• Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1997.
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1994.
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1983.
• Fellow, Econometric Society, 1977.
• Alexander Henderson Award, 1962.