| Sidney G. Winter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sidney Graham Winter 1935 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Alice Rivlin (m. 1989) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Evolutionary economics |
| School or tradition | Evolutionary economics |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Sidney Graham Winter (born 1935, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American economist and Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is recognized as a leading figure in the revival of evolutionary economics.
In 1982, he co-published with Richard R. Nelson An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, a book which has since been cited nearly 25,000 times.
Winter was Chief Economist of the US General Accounting Office (1989-1993). He won the Viipuri Prize for Strategic Management in 2008.
Winter was the second husband and widower of economist Alice Mitchell Rivlin.
Works
- An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, 1982, ISBN 0-674-27228-5
- Patents and Welfare in an Evolutionary Model., 1993
- Founding Co-editor of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (with R. H. Day)
External links
- Faculty profile at University of Pennsylvania web site
- Charles Cooper Memorial Lecture at UNU-MERIT web site.
- Sidney G. Winter Papers are housed at the university of Iowa special collections
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