Paul Allan David (born May 24, 1935) is an American academic economist who is noted for his work on the economics of scientific progress and technical change. In addition, he is also well known for his work in American economic history and in demographic economics. He was formerly a president of the

Economic History Association The Economic History Association (EHA) was founded in 1940 to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history and to help preserve and administer materials for research in economic history". It publi ...

and is a Fellow of the

Econometric Society The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools to their field. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians or statisticians. ...

, a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...

, a fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars s ...

, a fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute and

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of ...

, a member of the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

, a Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow of

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is conside ...

's Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professorial fellow at the UNU-MERIT. In 2006, Edward Elgar published a

festschrift In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the ...

called ''New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David''.

Academic honors

*Fellow of the International Econometrics Society (1975) *Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions in the University of Cambridge *Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1979) *Vice-president, and President of the Economic History Association (1988–1989) *Marshall Lecturer in the University of Cambridge

Publications

''Reinterpreting Economic Growth: Parables and Realities''
with Moses Abramovitz, (1973,

The American Economic Review The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious and highly distinguished journals in the field of eco ...

)
''Clio and the Economics of QWERTY''
(1985,

)
Technical Choice, Innovation and Economic Growth (1975)

The Economic Future in Historical Perspective(2003)

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Biography
at SIEPR
LinkedIn profile
1935 births American economists Innovation economists Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Econometric Society Stanford University Department of Economics faculty Living people Academics of the University of Cambridge Harvard University alumni Members of the American Philosophical Society Presidents of the Economic History Association {{US-economist-stub

Academic honors

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