Douglas W. Mitchell
Douglas W. Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1953 |
| Died | March 13, 2020 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology, Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Dwight Jaffee |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Macroeconomics, Financial Economics |
| Institutions | West Virginia University (1984-2003, Emeritus 2007-present) University of Texas (1981-1984) Temple University (1977-1981) |
Douglas W. "Doug" Mitchell (July 25, 1953 - March 13, 2020) was an American economist and polymath who made significant contributions in a wide variety of areas in economics and finance (macroeconomics, banking, portfolio choice, public choice, public finance, and commodity markets) as well as in statistics and mathematics (cryptology, optimal control, econometric methods, choice under uncertainty, and elementary mathematics).