Ronald Coase | |
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![]() Coase in Chicago in September 2009 | |
Born | |
Died | 2 September 2013 | (aged 102)
Nationality | British |
Institution | University at Buffalo University of Virginia University of Chicago |
Field | Law and economics |
School or tradition | New Institutional Economics |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Contributions | Coase Theorem Analysis of transaction costs Coase conjecture |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Economics (1991) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Ronald Harry Coase (29 December 1910 – 2 September 2013) was a British economist. He was a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. Coase won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.
Ronald Harry Coase was born in Willesden, Middlesex, on 29 December 1910. As a child, Coase had a weakness in his legs, which is why he had to wear leg-irons.
Due to this problem, he attended the school for physical defectives. At the age of 12, he was able to enter at the Kilburn Grammar School on scholarship. Coase attended the London School of Economics, where he received a bachelor of commerce degree in 1932.
After studying with the University of London External Programme in 1927–29, Coase entered the London School of Economics, where he took courses with Arnold Plant.[1] He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.[2]
Coase became the oldest living Nobel laureate before his death in 2013.[3]
Coase was married to Marian Hartung from 1937 until his death in 2013. They had no children.
Coase died in Chicago, Illinois on 2 September 2013 from natural causes.[4] He was 102 years old.