Morton Kamien
| Morton I. Kamien | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 15, 1938 Kraków, Poland |
| Died |
November 18, 2011 (aged 73) Evanston, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Northwestern University |
| Field | Mathematical economics |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
Morton Isaac Kamien (August 15, 1938 – November 18, 2011) was an American economist notable for his contributions in industrial organization and mathematical economics. He was a professor of entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 1970 to 2007.[1]
Born to Jewish parents in Kraków, Poland, Kamien and his family escaped the Warsaw Ghetto before it was razed in 1944.[1][2] Together with his father, Kamien moved to Munich, Bavaria, and finally immigrated to the United States in 1947, arriving in New York City.[1] As his father struggled to regain a footing, Morton Kamien stayed in an orphanage in Far Rockaway, Queens.[1]
Having financed his studies by selling clothing, Kamien graduated from City College of New York in 1960,[3] and then pursued a PhD in economics from Purdue University, where Nancy Schwartz and Hugo F. Sonnenschein were among his classmates.[4] After his PhD in 1964, he first joined faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, before moving to Northwestern where he stayed until his retirement in 2007.[1]
His most notable contributions are two classic textbooks in industrial organization and economic application of optimal control theory, both co-authored with Nancy Schwartz: Market Structure and Innovation, and Dynamic Optimization: The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control in Economics.
Kamien also as an expert witness in several high-profile antitrust cases, including Conwood vs. U.S. Tobacco and American Express vs. Visa/Mastercard,[5] leading to the largest antitrust jury award ($1.05 billion) and antitrust settlement ($4.1 billion) to date.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Morton I. Kamien, 1938–2011". Northwestern Kellogg. December 19, 2011.
- ↑ F. M. Scherer (2000). "The Emigration of German-Speaking Economists after 1933". Journal of Economic Literature 38 (3): 616. JSTOR 2565422.
- ↑ Cattell, James McKeen (1968). American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory 7. Bowker. p. 811.
- ↑ Kamien, Morton I. (1981). "It's Just Like New York!". Essays in Contemporary Fields of Economics. Purdue University Press. pp. 365–368.
- ↑ Wright, Joshua D. (2009). "Antitrust Analysis of Category Management: Conwood v United States Tobacco Co". Supreme Court Economic Review 17 (1): 311–337. JSTOR 656059.
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