Douglass C. North
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Douglass C. North was an American economist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering the field of new institutional economics and analyzing how institutions shape long-term economic development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglass C. North canonical | 4 |
| Douglass Cecil North | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglass C. North Context triple: [Elinor Ostrom, influencedBy, Douglass C. North]
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Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel was a Nobel Prize–winning economic historian known for applying quantitative, Chicago School–style economic analysis to historical questions such as the economics of slavery and railroads.
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Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson was an American economist renowned for his pioneering work on transaction cost economics and the theory of the firm, for which he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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C.
Theodore Schultz
Theodore Schultz was an American economist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work on human capital theory and agricultural economics within the Chicago School tradition.
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D.
Ronald Coase
Ronald Coase was a British economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on transaction costs, property rights, and the nature of the firm, which became foundational to law and economics and the Chicago School tradition.
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E.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglass C. North Target entity description: Douglass C. North was an American economist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering the field of new institutional economics and analyzing how institutions shape long-term economic development.
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A.
Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel was a Nobel Prize–winning economic historian known for applying quantitative, Chicago School–style economic analysis to historical questions such as the economics of slavery and railroads.
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B.
Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson was an American economist renowned for his pioneering work on transaction cost economics and the theory of the firm, for which he shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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C.
Theodore Schultz
Theodore Schultz was an American economist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work on human capital theory and agricultural economics within the Chicago School tradition.
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D.
Ronald Coase
Ronald Coase was a British economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on transaction costs, property rights, and the nature of the firm, which became foundational to law and economics and the Chicago School tradition.
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E.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economics
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economic historian ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John R. Commons Award
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Robert Paul Thomas ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-11-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-11-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Washington
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Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century economics
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21st-century economics ⓘ |
| familyName | North ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic history
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economics ⓘ new institutional economics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Douglass C. North
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Douglass Cecil North
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglass ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of institutions and economic performance
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new institutional economics ⓘ theory of institutional change ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Robert Fogel
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surface form:
Robert William Fogel
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| NobelPrizeYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
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Structure and Change in Economic History ⓘ The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Benzonia, Michigan
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surface form:
Benzonia, Michigan, United States
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| positionHeld |
professor of arts and sciences
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professor of economics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
institutions
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path dependence ⓘ property rights ⓘ transaction costs ⓘ |
| servedIn |
United States merchant marine
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surface form:
United States Merchant Marine
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| spouse | Elizabeth Case ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
conceptualization of institutions as formal rules, informal norms, and enforcement characteristics
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emphasis on the role of institutions in long-term economic growth ⓘ |
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Douglass Cecil North