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Paul A. David

Professor (and by courtesy, Professor of History) (Emeritus)

Paul David

 

Contact Info:

[email protected]
Page in Stanford Directory

Phone: 650-723-3710

Office: Landau Economics, room 333

Office hours: By email appointment

Interests

  • Research:

    The economics of technological change, demographic change and institutional change, and other areas of theoretical and empirical research on the nature of path-dependence in economic processes; economic history, with special reference to the U.S. and the North Atlantic economies in the modern era

  • Current Research:

    Contemporary public policy issues: the role of interoperability standards in the evolution of network industries and the changing interrelationships between “open science” and proprietary R & D activities

  • Teaching:

    Undergraduate and graduate courses in: (1) American economic history (2) Economics of science and technology (3) Technology, economy and society from the neolithnic revolution and the industrial revolution (4) Institutions in economic history. Graduate research seminars: Social Science History Workshop and Science, Technology and Economy Workshop

  • Professional Affiliations:

    AEA, Economic History Association (past President), International Cliometric Society, Population Association of America, International Econometric Society (Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Member, Executive Committee for Western Center)

Recent Publications

(1) “Path Dependence, Its Critics and the Quest for ‘Historical Economics”, Evolution and\Path Dependence in Economic Ideas: Past and Present, edited by P.Garrouste and S. Ionnides, Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001

(2) “Will Building ‘Good Fences’ Really Make ‘Good Neighbors’ in Science?” Intellectual Property Protection and Internet Collaborations (Report of the EC-DG Research Strata Working Party), April, 2001

(3) “Convergence and Deferred Catch-Up: Productivity Leadership and the Waning of American Exceptionalism”, Ch. 1 in the Mosaic of Economic Growth, R. Landau, T. Taylor and G. Wright, eds., Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996

List of Stanford Working Papers

Current Courses

Education

Ph.D., A.B., Harvard University