Mancur Olson

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economist human political economist social scientist

Mancur Olson was an American economist and social scientist best known for his work on collective action, public goods, and the logic of group behavior in political economy.

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Mancur Olson canonical 2
Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
political economist ⓘ
social scientist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in economics ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-01-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-02-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
North Dakota State University ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form: Oxford University
employer University of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: University of Maryland, College Park
familyName Olson ⓘ
fieldOfWork collective action ⓘ
economics ⓘ
institutional economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
public choice theory ⓘ
public goods ⓘ
givenName Mancur ⓘ
hasOccupation author ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
influenced new institutional economics ⓘ
political science ⓘ
public choice theory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest collective action ⓘ
economic growth ⓘ
institutions ⓘ
interest groups ⓘ
public goods ⓘ
memberOf American Economic Association ⓘ
Public Choice Society ⓘ
name Mancur Olson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr.
notableConcept collective action problem ⓘ
distributional coalitions ⓘ
selective incentives ⓘ
notableWork Power and Prosperity: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships ⓘ
The Logic of Collective Action ⓘ
surface form: The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Forks, North Dakota ⓘ
placeOfDeath College Park, Maryland ⓘ
positionHeld professor of economics at the University of Maryland ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theoryDeveloped logic of collective action ⓘ
stationary bandit theory of the state ⓘ
workLocation College Park, Maryland ⓘ

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Elinor Ostrom → influencedBy → Mancur Olson ⓘ
James A. Robinson → influencedBy → Mancur Olson ⓘ
Mancur Olson → name → Mancur Olson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mancur Lloyd Olson Jr.