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Lance E. Davis

1928 – 2014

Economic historian

Economic historian
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About Lance E. Davis

Lived 1928 – 2014 (aged 85). Lance E. Davis was an American economic historian.

Lance Edwin Davis (November 3, 1928 – January 20, 2014) was the Mary Stillman Harkness Professor of Social Science at the California Institute of Technology. He researched the economic history of financial markets and institutional and technological change. His work has been recognised by The Cliometric Society via their awarding him a Clio Can in recognition his of exceptional support of cliometrics.

Davis was also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1956 with thesis titled United States Financial Intermediaries in the Early 19th Century: Four Case Studies.

Selected publications Davis, Lance E. with Douglass North (1971) Institutional Change and American Economic Growth, Cambridge University Press. Davis, Lance E. with Robert Huttenback (1986) Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire: The Political Economy of British Imperialism (revised and abridged edition, 1988), Cambridge University Press. Davis, Lance E. with Robert Cull (1994) International Capital Markets and American Economic Growth, 1820–1914, Cambridge University Press. Davis, Lance E. with Robert Gallman (2001) Evolving Financial Markets and International Capital Flows: Britain, the Americas, and Australia, 1870–1914, Cambridge University Press.

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Economic historian
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Education
Johns Hopkins University, California Institute of Technology
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
Also known as
Lance Edwin Davis

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Lance E. Davis?

economic historian

When was Lance E. Davis born?

Lance E. Davis was born on 3 November 1928 in Seattle.

When did Lance E. Davis die?

Lance E. Davis died on 20 January 2014.

What was Lance E. Davis's occupation?

Lance E. Davis was an economic historian.

What nationality was Lance E. Davis?

Lance E. Davis was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lance E. Davis

· Wikidata: Q6483379

· DBpedia: Lance E. Davis

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